MONDAY MARCH 6


Jetlag threw us all off. Joe woke up at 11PM ready to start the day.
Once we all woke up for real (with the help of our hotel's charming "Ohayo Gozaimasu!" wakeup call),
Chikara picked up us from the hotel and we started our day.
Here's the view from our hotel window.



The crew up on the JR (Japan Rail) platform ready to go to Nara for the day!
Mike, Joe, Jim, and Sarah in front.



WOO WOOOOOOOO!!! We had the train all to ourselves. A rare occurance.



Return of the soccer frog trash can!



Mister Donut. Japanese donuts are much lighter than American donuts. The sweetness is more subtle and they
aren't as heavy and doughy. They're just perfect.
Famous quote from breakfast from Joe: "Were we gonna get some noodles for breakfast too?
Cause if not, I need to know if I should go get three extra donuts."



Everything muet go.



Beautiful little pond on the walk up towards the temple.



Pagoda hat!



The big Pagoda and small temple-like structure on the walk to Todaiji Temple. Sorry I don't have
more info on this.



The streets of Nara are filled to the brim with deer. Legend has it someone rode on the back of a
white-tailed deer for one year and discovered the city of Nara. So the deer are free to raom the
streets and are protected by gods.



But the gods must be angry, cause the deer kept biting Sarah in the butt. For ¥150 (about $1.25), you could
buy a small stack of biscuits to feed the deer. Once one deer saw where the food was coming from, it was on.



Trick deer-feeding.



The F-word in Japan is just like saying "Rock & Roll." It has no offensive context whatsoever, just
another cool American word to put on a t-shirt (or, in this case, a washcloth).



Chillin.



Giant carved wooden statues flanking the entrance gate at Todaiji Temple.



Todaiji Temple: The largest wooden structure in the world.



And what better to fill the world's largest wooden structure with than a huuuuuge Buddha statue?
Each of those fingers are 6 feet tall. Whoa.



Another huge statue inside the temple.



On the walk back from the temples, we stopped at the Sega World arcade. Here's one of their
skill crane games where you can risk ¥100 for a chance to win a remote controlled Nintendo
figure. Yes, the remote control is a Famicom (OG Japanese Nintendo system) controller.



More Sega World Super Mario mayhem.


LATER THAT DAY