This is farewell party for Kondo lab’s member: M2 member 4 person and B4 member 3 person.
All of them will going to work in different places.
We have dinner at Korean Restaurant Kobe Samgyeopsal 神戸サムギョプサル
Girl’s squad -lini-nanami-ayaka-naoko-
we use this time also to celebrate my tutor’s and sensei’s birthday
I just know them for roughly 6 months, but everyone is kind and also interesting.
See you again next time!
みんなさん、またね～
This is first time trip to Kyoto, and our first destination is Fushimi Inari Taisha 伏見稲荷大社.
This gate is so famous, even when I was kids I already seen this remarkable orange gates in on movie, Memoirs of Geisha. The moment Chiyo-chan run through the thousands gate to pray so she can meet again to the kind man who buy her sweets.
Today is some sort of holiday and so many visitors are coming. It is impossible to take photo without anybody else.
Hundred (-thousand ?) Temples
Don’t ask me what temples is this or that. But at least so many people coming to take photo and pray.
Me waiting in line to pray, as so many people standing, I decided to take selfie ahehehe..
The Famous Orange Gate Series
What the gate looks like from outside
Gotta be creative to take photo without other visitors. Below photo is best attempt!
Nope, I gave up… This is what you will encounter for real in Fushimi Inari.
Halfway UP
Rest Area before hiking for the highest temple in Mount Inari
HIKING AND HIKING
HIKING AND HIKING
HIKING AND HIKING
HIKING AND HIKING
HIKING AND HIKING
HIKING AND HIKING
HIKING AND HIKING
(about 40 min going up)
HIKING AND HIKING
HIKING AND HIKING
HIKING AND HIKING
and we arrived to the top of temple.. and pray.. and going down..
It is the end of winter but still cold. We took off jacket ’cause it is so hot for hiking up the mountain.
Going Down the hill
Visitors that going up is not that much. Suddenly so silent and clean from crowd.
Plum Cherry Tree
This is not sakura, but I am just too excited to see something sakura-like. Hwaa cannot wait for the real sakura.
Kyoto Station Lunch
Bye Kyoto, will visit you next time. I still have so many to-do-list here ;D
We went to Osaka Aquarium today !!
This aquarium is older and had bigger tank than Nifrel. Yah from the facade, it looks pretty old hehe.
When we go inside, we will go to upstairs first and the floor spiral to down. Most of the tanks is so deep (about 4-5 floor if we walk in spiral floor).
What amaze me was the big tank contain 2-3 shark whales, my first time to see this creatures. So majestic swimmer.
I guess that is what make this aquarium interesting. Other than that, almost all animals same with other aquarium hehe.
Himeji Castle located in Himeji, about 1 hour trip by train from Ashiya.
Himeji Castle (姫路城, Himejijō), also known as White Heron Castle (Shirasagijo) due to its elegant, white appearance, is widely considered Japan’s most spectacular castle for its imposing size and beauty and its well preserved, complex castle grounds. The castle is both a national treasure and a world heritage site. Unlike many other Japanese castles, it was never destroyed by war, earthquake or fire and survives to this day as one of the country’s 12 original castles in Japan. The castle recently underwent extensive renovation over several years and was fully re-opened to the public in March 2015.
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3501.html
Entrance of Himeji Castle
Longwalk to go inside Himeji Castle
Himeji castle entrance is hidden in labyrinth-small path-stair style and it is so far from the ticket gate, so prepare yourself with good shoes because it will save you a lot of tiredness (imagine walking hundred stone steps with pretty heel shoes). And we have the chance to enter inside castle too, (basically in Japan naked feet is inappropriate) so don’t forget use socks to make society don’t stare at you with embarrassment look.
Windows Shape Defense
The wall with triangle-square-circle window shape useful for the soldiers to aim bullets/arrows for outsider, but harder for outsider to aim inside.
Multilingual Brochures and VR-based Education System
Himeji Castle prepares a lot of brochures not only in main languange (english-japanese-chinese-korean) but portuguese, germany, even Bahasa Indonesia also available. In my hand is brochures in Indonesia language, Istana Himeji. To understand some features in Himeji castle without tourguide, visitors can download AR Himeji App (in google play store) and can use our phone as self tourguide. When our phone tap to the barcodes in certain area, it will explain some description even play documentary videos.
Inside the Himeji Castle
The castle has 6 floor (and 1 basement floor). Visitors can visit until top floor and see Himeji city view from the window.
We even can see JR Himeji Station clearly in one line with Himeji Castle.
After finished the tour inside Himeji Castle, we can take photo in the himeji castle ground. The closest we can take for outdoor photo.
This is the best photo of me and himeji castle 😀
We celebrate valentine and white day this year with eating KFC. We celebrate not with flowers or elegant dining but better than that, fried chicken night! 🍗🍟
This is my first KFC delivery order in Japan. Yes, Satofumi delivery order ’cause he bike to KFC by himself 😂
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