X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=blog%2F2009%2FApril;h=da794d82b548275750a1f677b81f2555368fadaf;hb=fb9e9e6b708aa72d08ece7b248c9d1209d9aa034;hp=54a4a3735c3579eba8084686c7c4bd0e70e2accb;hpb=2cff8e11b116ea96a214f616063cf23ed9f01418;p=wiki.git diff --git a/blog/2009/April b/blog/2009/April index 54a4a37..da794d8 100644 --- a/blog/2009/April +++ b/blog/2009/April @@ -1,5 +1,14 @@ == Bernie's brain dump as of April 2009 == +=== April 29th === + +In the morning, we went to visit the [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Nikko/world_heritage_site]]. +One would expect to grow bored of Shinto and Buddhist temples after seeing many of them +all over Japan, but visiting the Nikko temple area was once again an extraordinary experience. +And I could finally spot a few [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miko]]s too! + +{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Nikko/world_heritage_site/00096.jpg|maxwidth=800}} + === April 28th === The [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Nikko|first batch of photos from Nikko]] are now online. @@ -37,7 +46,7 @@ guided hiking tour with the monks, which sounds really cool. ==== Morning: Zenko-ji ==== -In the morning, we tried again to visit the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenk%C5%8D-ji]]. +In the morning, we tried again to visit the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenk%C5%8D-ji|Zenko-ji]]. Even on a Monday, the queue was not much shorter. A nice volunteer guide advised us that the pilgrims where queuing just to touch a wooden pole with an inscription on it that was right in front of the temple, and we could skip aside if we weren't interested. So we did.