Kamakura Buddha

Kamakura and shabu-shabu

Today, we decided to take it easy on the travel schedule. I think that I was wearing everyone down with all the walking that we've been doing during this trip so far. I wanted to show them something interesting, but I didn't want them to walk too much. Kamakura was close by train and we could get there with a bus + train combination and not much walking.

There was another temple that I saw that I've never been too. I wanted to take my family there, but I thought that it would be better to go to the main one first and if we had time to go to the other one. But i think that the walk was too much for them so we didn't go to both. I think that when I have time, I will try to go to the other one before I leave Japan. I think that it would be pretty interesting. I never noticed it on the map before and it is very close to the station too.

When we got back, we got ready to head over to Ttki's place and get some grub. They had prepared Shabu-Shabu, which was really quite delicious. It was great to get a good meal like that after having walked all over the place. I think that my family really enjoyed it too. I think that they were having a little trouble with the smoke and drinking, but overall it was good. I think that they liked the fact that they got to meet other people and could talk a little and find out what I have been up to living in Japan. I have some pictures and the food was good. We were watching some movies on the new big screen TV they had just bought. It was pretty big and plasma screen too, so it's one of those new ones. Very impressive.