so my last week in Japan just started, and it is sad, that my time here is almost at an end. But I will make the most of it!
Last week I did exactly the same, and lived life to the fullest, here is what I did all week:
Monday:
Well Monday was my first day in freedom (after taking the JLPT), so I went to a temple I always wanted to go to, but never found the time. The temple is called Daigoji (醍醐寺) and is a world heritage site. This temple a little bit outside of Kyoto to the south-east was established in 874. It is a big complex of buildings built on the side of Daigo Mountain. Though the temple was destroyed repeatedly by fires, its five story pagoda, built in 951 remained intact and is now the oldest reliable dated building in Kyoto. This makes it already worth a visit, but you shouldn't miss the Bentendo Hall, a very famous building (especially in Autumn, when the surrounding leaves turn their color).
five story pagoda
Bentendo
Tuesday:
On Tuesday I went to eat Chinese Food with my host-mother, a friend of hers and a Greek girl. I had never had "real" Chinese Food before, always only the westernized fastfood that you get everywhere in Germany. It was an interesting experience. I tried jellyfish and shark fin, both really tasty, as well as pork meet in a dark sauce and other really tasty dishes.
Wednesday:
My personal highlight of the week: Universal Studios Japan, aka The Wizard World of Harry Potter. It was exactly as awesome as I expected. The rebuilt the Hogwarts Castle and Hogsmead with all its famous Shops like Zonkos, Honey Dukes, the three Broomsticks and the Hogs Head. It was all created with love to detail and you could really feel like someone who had just entered the world of Harry Potter. Unfortunately the merchandize was very expensive, but I still had to buy some things.
Hogwarts Castle
Ollivanders
Thursday:
I relaxed and stayed home, except for going to dinner at an Indian Restaurant, which was really good, and afterwards having a short stroll along a street illuminated by christmas lights in all the trees.
Friday:
I met with Kati after school (and three exams that day) to go to Osaka. We first went shopping (for me more like window shopping, I can't buy much more things since my luggage is already full), then we at dinner (Kushikatsu, I always forget to take a picture sorry) and last we went to the German Christmas Market in Umeda. It is actually exactly just like a German Christmas Market, only there are more Japanese people, and it is much more expensive. They had Stollen (Christmas Cake) and Glühwein (hot wine) and decoration for christmas and the atmosphere was also really nice.
Saturday:
I met with Roy (for the last time in a while) and went to Uji (a small town south of Kyoto, famous for its Matcha). It was really cold and we were half dead from walking so much but we went to see Byodoin (平等院) a very famous Temple (it is on every 10 Yen coin), the Uji shrine and the Ujikami shrine and also the Mimurotoji Temple.
Afterwards we ate and went to Karaoke, ate again and just sat at Starbucks talking about everything and nothing.
Byodoin
Sunday:
The week is almost over! In the morning we went to a nice tea place with a friend. Afterwards Roy and me went to watch "The Hobbit" (I thought it wasn't bad, could have done some things better though).
And that is how my week ended. Thank you for reading all that.
Not its only one more week, and I still have a lot of tests, and the weather will also be bad half of the time.
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