I am sorry that I have been a little bit MIA with the blog lately (as some as you may know, I've been experiencing some stress with regards to school & my home university / graduation etc). Anyways, I haven't felt super motivated to be blogging BUT I feel like things are starting to look up. So0o, I wanted to give a little update by sharing some photos of what I have been up to.
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| Fushimi Inari -Shinto Shrine (Kyoto) |
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| Fushimi-Inari |
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| Shrine |
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| These gates (Torii) line the trail the entire way up the mountain |
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| Wish I understood Kanji... |
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| Carry meee |
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| Attempting the perfect "jump" shot |
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| Take 2 |
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| At least we tried... |
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| Shrines on Shines on Shrines |
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| Serene |
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| Arashiyama |
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| Gardens |
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| Life |
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| The beginning of Autumn in Japan- soon the leaves will be Red<3 |
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| Changing colors |
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| Getting spiritual |
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| Bamboo Forest |
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| Unfathomable Beauty <3 |
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| Traditional Meal usually eaten by Buddhist Monks |
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| View from the top of the Monkey Park |
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| Monkey checkin out the view ;) |
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| Share your wisdom with me... |
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| inLOVE |
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| Last Train Home - Pure luck we all made it |
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| Sleepyyyy :D |
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| Tomo & I |
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| Sunset at the River |
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| English gone wrong... |
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| We found a Nepali Restaurant <3<3<3 |
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| My FAV type of food |
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| MOMOs |
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| Ecstatic |
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| Franny & Jaana |
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| The End to an Amazing Day :D |
*** As a footnote about Iwatayama Monkey Park that I visited in Arashiyama. The monkeys are free and seemingly treated well. The only cause for concern is that there is a structure (almost like a cage) in which people can go to experience feeding the monkeys through the bars. I didn't know about the feeding before I went and yes, I did choose to take part in it. After some reflection, I don't know if this was the right choice. It obviously isn't ideal for them to become reliant on humans for their food buut I must admit I have not researched into this any further since I went.
