山形県「山形市・山寺」
Yamagata「Yamagata City・Yamadera」
Travelling in Japan can be extremely rewarding and this case was no exception. We started off by going to Yamadera in Yamagata prefecture, located in the Tohoku region.
This little city Yamadera, which means "Mountain Temple," features the Ryushaku-ji temple (立石寺).This gem was founded in 860 AD by the priest Ennin. The name of the temple mean "Standing Stones Temple" due to it's wind and water sculpted stones. It's a 1110 steps from the entrance to the complex all the way to the Oku-no-in sanctuary at the top. Everywhere in the temple area we found rock caves and oddly shaped rocks, eroded by the wind and water.
This little city Yamadera, which means "Mountain Temple," features the Ryushaku-ji temple (立石寺).This gem was founded in 860 AD by the priest Ennin. The name of the temple mean "Standing Stones Temple" due to it's wind and water sculpted stones. It's a 1110 steps from the entrance to the complex all the way to the Oku-no-in sanctuary at the top. Everywhere in the temple area we found rock caves and oddly shaped rocks, eroded by the wind and water.
After this amazing encounter with nature we went back to the city, on our way to the hotel, these two young Japanese girls couldn't stop staring at us and at some point one of them just blatantly stares and I go "Hello". Both of them go nuts! laughing and laughing. One of them says, it's her birthday, so we both politely say "Happy Birthday" the birthday girl goes insane, saying OMG, I can't believe you just said that, it's the first time I hear that, thank you so much! It was so funny, I still can't believe it.
We go back to the hotel and leave our stuff. We were ready to explore the city's night life. They have this small area near the station, where you can find plenty of snack bars ( where we you basically spend your time speaking with a kawaii/cute Japanese girl) and a bar similar to the ones you get in America. We didn't think about it twice and decided to go in.
We go back to the hotel and leave our stuff. We were ready to explore the city's night life. They have this small area near the station, where you can find plenty of snack bars ( where we you basically spend your time speaking with a kawaii/cute Japanese girl) and a bar similar to the ones you get in America. We didn't think about it twice and decided to go in.
We spent around 3 hours at this bar. We got the 飲み放題 (nomi-houdai) which basically means all you can drink for 2 thousand yens (20 dlls) our two hours went up and they offered us another hour for a thousand yen, drunkenly we said "OK".
However, the night wouldn't end here. We wanted to go somewhere else. We walked and walked around the city but couldn't find anything worth doing. At some point a drunk Japanese dude stopped us and asked us where we were from. I tried talking to him in Japanese but he insisted to speak in English. We gave up and left. On our way back we found this amazing small Mexican place.
There were two drunk Japanese guys outside with a skateboard and I asked one of the dudes if he could do some tricks. I tried the heelflip, failed several times but landed it on my fourth attempt. The night went on until the point that we were teaching them how to properly use the word fuck. My friend even showed them a video of a book published in Japan titled "How to Use Fuck" (正しいFUCKの使い方 or Tadashii Fuck no Tsukaikata).
For pictures of Yamadera and the city please click here. Please stay tuned for my next entry. Thank you!
Please have a look at the video published by Abroadin Japan "How to use fuck".
There were two drunk Japanese guys outside with a skateboard and I asked one of the dudes if he could do some tricks. I tried the heelflip, failed several times but landed it on my fourth attempt. The night went on until the point that we were teaching them how to properly use the word fuck. My friend even showed them a video of a book published in Japan titled "How to Use Fuck" (正しいFUCKの使い方 or Tadashii Fuck no Tsukaikata).
For pictures of Yamadera and the city please click here. Please stay tuned for my next entry. Thank you!
Please have a look at the video published by Abroadin Japan "How to use fuck".
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