Saturday, October 6, 2007

Japan Trip ~ Osaka 4

Osaka023Day 4 - Well, as we had seen quite a bit of Osaka during our last trip, we decide to move out to Nara for a day. Nara, Ive been here wif my family b4 but not wif this 3 frds.. Nothing much change, the cafe I went the last time, is still here.. Hahaha... Anyway, Nara is well known for the temples, Nara parks and DEER!!

Osaka024 For half of the day, we were busy shopping along their shopping street and eating all the tidbits!By the time we realize our tummy is calling is already pass 2.






Osaka025 We came to a very tradition looking restaurant. And I tried their shop specialty, Soba(they made the noodles themselves and won awards b4). Ok, now filled up our tummies, time to move on to the park... Hahaha half the day gone n we are still not there yet, though its a 10 mins walking distance from end of the shopping street....Osaka026 Slowly, slowly, we came up to the nara park.. Nara park has many many free roaming ard Deers. These Deers are owned by the country and tourist are welcome to feed them BUT not to anger them. Of coz there are some naughty ones(humans) trying to disturb the deers by playing ard wif their food n not giving to them. The deers were angered n chased them(served them right!)...

Osaka027But overall, the deers were quite tamed and well behaved, theres exception of coz. While mulan taking photos, theres a deer, using its head n pushing her backpack(it must had thought theres food inside!!).
We were a bit afraid of them, n xiaomei commented that she did not dare to go near them coz they were not brought up by her.. She wouldnt know their character n will they attacked her or not.. Hahahaha.....


Osaka028But well.. Overall its quite nice lor... Next we went into a huge temple.. Xiaomei wanted to see a Buddha(she heard from her frd that its very very big). Mulan n mai didnt wan to go, so only xiaomei n i went. Well, the temple is really huge, and its an historical temple. The Buddha statue is really big and could see that the craftsmanship is really good. Though Japanese do not mind bot taking photos of the Buddha statue, but we thought better not as a form of respect.


Osaka029Oh, its xmas eve!!! So we decided to buy a xmas cake and celebrate!!! Its the first time we are celebrating xmas in Japan, so we do it their way.. We go queued up for the cakes, and buy one.. This is a nutella cake.. But its not cheap lor... But super super super good!!!! But a funny tig is, y they nv give us knife to cut the cake????

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