summer hols-part 4....himeji,hiroshima,kyoto

kansai area...

a)HIMEJI
joyce and mayc's territory...
facts about this place.
-a scene from the movie "the last samurai"feat.tom cruise (great movie btw) was shot here
-one of japan's famous 3 castles

one word , beautiful


the view from the highest floor of the castle

a closer view....

inside the castle


b)hiroshima

the famous shrine at miyajima

hiroshima peace memorial..the atomic bomb dome

how did i felt in this area???
it was actually quite hard to believe that i was actually standing on the bomb-ded area...
after all..all this years of sejarah jepun and all...this hiroshima area is sure a popular one..
it was real sad and all..going to the memorial museum and listening to all the testimonies given by the victims..come on..it's an atomic bomb after all..how aften in the world's history do u get that??
but i was just thinking about what japan did to our country and the other countries for that matter....
this people here...because it was an atomic bomb...they suffered more??we are suppose to feel more for them??how about the ppl that were under the japs last time??look how "kuku besi" they were...how ruthless..the way they tortured their captives...no knowledge of feelings whatsoever...who is going to feel for them???
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ok,sorry..im getting too over here..prob.it was the remains of the radioactive wave that got into me when i was there..or prob it was because all the sejarah we had on how the japs tortured our forefathers that gotten into me...i know,i know...this has nothing to do with the bomb-ded area... my feelings were playing with me that time..that's all..FULLSTOP.

anyway...I TOTALLY AM VERY SORRY for the victims of the atomic bomb...TOTALLY AM!!!



we met kotake sensei in hiroshima...she is studying in the uni there furthering in japanese language...she is...still the same ...i guess..


okonomiyaki-famous in hiroshima

c)kyoto
I L-O-V-E KYOTO!!!
the ppl are so so friendly...we witnessed it all the more at the place we were staying...this guest house..the mr.guesthouse guy was super super nice...and he even gave us all this tips on how to travel in kyoto,what to take,the shortcuts,which place is cheap for food..etc..
and he's been to malaysia!!!

if u are into gardens and temples..this is the place u wanna come to..







try spotting joyce and pik yee...

kinkakuji temple...the walls are made of gold....

the zen garden...

ooo...we went back to gion(on the 2nd night) to do some geisha/maiko hunting cause.."someppl"..haha..MUST have a glimpse of them..since they dint see any on the first night..

well..it was quite late..and the gion street was quite dark and empty..when all of a sudden...this geisha(or maiko)i have no idea...comes walking straight towards us!!!i seriously thought i saw her looking at me..and that look was like (a bit of hatred??the "dont u dare take any pictures of me look)anyway,it was just us 3 and the geisha/maiko plus 2 more tourist i think...

how lucky was that??and she was walking real fast getting out of there...

joyce manage to snap a pic of her back...cause it's real rude to snap pics of them in front...

and so there...a brief update on himeji,hiroshima and kyoto...