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We visited Kiyomizu-dera, a Buddhist temple which is one of Japan’s most popular temples. The surrounding is serene and breezy. I felt totally at ease when I was walking along the paths, breathing in the clean fresh air.

The temple has one shrine which houses a god of love and “good matches.” There are two rocks placed several meters apart. Single men and women are to think of their partners and try to walk from one rock to another rock with eyes closed. If you can reach the rock, it means your wish will be fulfilled. At first I was thinking of trying. Upon arriving and seeing the throngs of people who are blocking the pathway, I gave up (got fate also become bumped to somewhere until no fate liao). Haha.

Read more about Kiyomizu-dera here at Devil’s blog!
Central Japan Day 1 & 2 - Tokyo to Osaka, Osaka Castle
Central Japan Day 2 - Kyoto - Kiyomizu Temple & Awara - Onsen Resort
Central Japan Day 3 - Tōjinbō
Central Japan Day 3 - Kanazawa - Kenroku-en
Central Japan Day 3 - Shirakawa-gō

P/S: Sorry…my images are posted without chronological order. So might be a bit messy…=(

Osaka Castle (大阪城)

I always feel amazed to see historical buildings standing tall in front of me. Osaka Castle was built in year 1598. That’s like 410 years ago! It’s an extraordinary feeling - I am actually looking at something that was built so many years ago. I don’t know how to describe it exactly, it’s kind of like respectful and solemn.

New post updated! Read on our Japan experience!
Central Japan Day 1 & 2 - Tokyo to Osaka, Osaka Castle
Central Japan Day 2 - Kyoto - Kiyomizu Temple & Awara - Onsen Resort
Central Japan Day 3 - Tōjinbō
Central Japan Day 3 - Kanazawa - Kenroku-en

Also, since you are here, might as well check out my edited photos. *hehe*
Hirayu Waterfall

We don’t beat the reaper by living longer, we beat it by living well.

Friends have been asking me to post photos of my Japan trip. BUT…my photo-taking skill is lousy, so now I am waiting for devil’s photos to combine with mine. He took a lot of nice photos, and night shots as well because he brought along a tripod. I won’t be blogging about the full trip, because he is doing it much better than I think I will do, so jump straight in for his (our) day to day experience in Japan!

Below is a photo I took at the Hirayu Waterfall (edited a bit in Photoshop though).

Follow the day to day experience:
Central Japan Day 1 & 2 - Tokyo to Osaka, Osaka Castle
Central Japan Day 2 - Kyoto - Kiyomizu Temple & Awara - Onsen Resort
Central Japan Day 3 - Tōjinbō