Nara
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Turtle stranded on a log in a lake
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Random Pagoda
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Deer sniffing deer in the park
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This deer was essentially attacking this little girl
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Beware of Angry Deer!
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Giant gaurdian statue
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Walking to a temple
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Largest wooden structure in the world!
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A better picture of it
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HUGE Buddha
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Do not smoke, do not use tripods, do not write graffiti and... do not use microphones?
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Random side statue
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Close-up
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An angry statue holding... a paintbrush...
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Blurry picture of statue head
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Buddha's nostril and a guy stuck in it.
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Random statue
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Another random statue
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This statue is wearing a raincoat!
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One of my many fanclubs.
Pictures from Steven
Sports Day 033.jpg
Sports Day 033.jpg 2006-09-08
Sports Day 034.jpg
Sports Day 034.jpg 2006-09-08
Sports Day Prep 013.jpg
Sports Day Prep 013.jpg 2006-09-05
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Sports Day Prep 017.jpg 2006-09-05
Sports Day Prep 025.jpg
Sports Day Prep 025.jpg 2006-09-05
Sports Day 009.jpg
Sports Day 009.jpg 2006-09-07
Sports Day 002.jpg
Sports Day 002.jpg 2006-09-07
Sports Day 011.jpg
Sports Day 011.jpg 2006-09-07
Sports Day 013.jpg
Sports Day 013.jpg 2006-09-07
Sports Day 016.jpg
Sports Day 016.jpg 2006-09-07
Sports Day 017.jpg
Sports Day 017.jpg 2006-09-07
Sports Day 020.jpg
Sports Day 020.jpg 2006-09-07
Sports Day 022.jpg
Sports Day 022.jpg 2006-09-07
Sports Day 028.jpg
Sports Day 028.jpg 2006-09-07
Sports Day 026.jpg
Sports Day 026.jpg 2006-09-07
Sports Day 030.jpg
Sports Day 030.jpg 2006-09-08
Sports Day 033.jpg
Sports Day 033.jpg 2006-09-08
Sports Day 034.jpg
Sports Day 034.jpg 2006-09-08
Sports Day Prep 013.jpg
Sports Day Prep 013.jpg 2006-09-05
Sports Day Prep 017.jpg
Sports Day Prep 017.jpg 2006-09-05
Sports Day Prep 025.jpg
Sports Day Prep 025.jpg 2006-09-05
Sports Day 009.jpg
Sports Day 009.jpg 2006-09-07
Pictures from Steven: First attempt at picture sharing
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Half of my apartment...
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and the other half
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Ray with Col. Sanders in a Kimono
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On the Shinkansen to Kyoto
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more
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yet another
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and last one
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Party thrown for us new JETs by the bigwigs at the BOE
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Ray and Suzie, my fellow JETs in Joyo.
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My supervisor throwing up the Shocker
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Us three and some random dude
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Giant spider outside my apartment
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A small view of Joyo
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Bunka Park, a huge indoor facility with lots of stuff
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Another picture of Joyo
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People I met at Suzie's b-day party
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they loved me
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Good times were had by all
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Shinji dancing like crazy
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More random people
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Kyoto from on top of Kyoto station
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It was a nice little place
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The Japanese sleep ANYWHERE
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From the roof of a beer garden
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Again
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and again
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My first school, Higashi Joyo
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The entrance, where you change your footwear
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Club activies are taken very seriously here
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The kids are hardcore
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More of Higashi
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And again of Higashi
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The gate of doom
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No band room, so practice in the halls!
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Student artwork
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Absolutely amazing
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Outside Nanzen-ji Temple
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You wave the incense onto your body for purification
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Nanzen-ji
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Ray next to the giant aqueduct
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Aquaduct
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Random water at Nanzen-ji
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Flowing water, thought it looked real pretty
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Ray and I walked down this thing
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Climbing the mountain... It took its toll
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Reflection in the water
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Nanzen-ji
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Down the Philosopher's Path
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Stray kitty along the philosopher's path
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Random, blurry bamboo
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Small shrine on the side of the path
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More water
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In the distance
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Kyoto at dusk
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Small roadside shrine for children who have died
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Hand painted map of a closed shrine
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I think Ginkakku-ji Shrine. Really spooky at night
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But thank goodness for stone gaurd... animals
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Here you purify your hands and mouth...
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washing each hand...
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and rinsing your mouth out.
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We were the only ones going up here at night...
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but it was an awesome shrine.
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The fans on the right, you write down your wish and tie it up.
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Final part of Ginkakku-ji