Nara
6-19-2012 4:43:42 PM
Tuesday, June 19th
After leaving Koya-san and our friendly monks, we headed out to Nara, which houses a giant Buddha. The temple was surrounded by more friendly deer, although these were a bit more aggressive and tended to eat maps right out of people’s hands. Nearby vendors sold deer treats to tourists.
After we left Nara, we got on-board the Shinkansen headed to Hakone, the city of hot springs, for a peaceful, relaxing end to our journey. Only, our train never made it…
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Messengers of the Gods
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The deer are kinda jerks though…
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Gate to the Tōdai-ji
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Guardian of Tōdai-ji
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The world’s largest bronze Buddha.
Shinkansen
Ready to head to Hakone for the hot springs…
Typhoon
But there is an issue…
Typhoon Time
The train had to stop moving in the middle of nowhere. We stayed on the train the entire night.
Hakone
We were routed to the closest station to our destination in the morning.