Author: cba13

1) I feel like the cities we were going to kept becoming more and more modern and Osaka and Tokyo were probably the most modern of the cities. That being said, it felt to me that there were more people in Tokyo at times, but I can probably assume this is because of it being the capital and being a very popular city.

2) Being able to create this food with our own hands was a really cool thing to do. Even though I may not be the biggest fan of fish, I liked learning about sushi and making a nice looking presentation of the food I made was awesome as well.

3) Watching live tv was pretty cool. I was able to see some live Olympic qualifiers as well as see some broadcast anime. It would be a lot more awesome if I could listen and understand what everyone was saying, but hopefully, I can learn the language a bit and the next time I’m here I can understand a little of what is going on.

I really enjoyed the scenery here in Koyasan. It was so pretty and tranquil. It was so cool thinking about everything I’ve done and knowing that I was here on a mountain sleeping in such a nice place in a different country. Once in a lifetime for sure.

For concepts, I saw Chinmoku and some Gambari. I saw these mostly in the meditation as we used the silence to find ourselves and reflect on our lives. It took some determination to really try and sit on our shins through the whole meditation.

My life so far hasn’t had too many problems I’d say. I keep a lot of what troubles me to myself so I don’t cause other people to worry about me. It’s hard for me to open up to others and to really talk to someone. I feel like this trip has helped me get out of my shell just a bit because I feel like I’m a bit more open to talking to the others about things that I am feeling.

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I found the train to be really cool. I liked the design of it and how it looked really aerodynamic. I know they go really fast but it didn’t feel like it while sitting on the train.

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It was challenging to find my way through crowds to check out all of the stalls as well as trying to find the way to the train station. I probably had to walk up and down the line of stalls a couple times to figure out what I wanted to eat or purchase.

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I wanted to share this picture because it was crazy seeing how many of these there were in a row. It looked very cool while walking the path through them. If I could get lucky enough to take a picture of these with no other people I think it would make a great picture.