Deer paradise! Made the trip to Nara today! SO MANY DEER EVERYWHERE. Caught a bus to where the temple and pagoda is and as soon as you're in the park area there's deer. Huddling up to people, sniffing them for food. There's stalls where you can buy 'deer biscuits' to feed them. They love those things. There's fawns around the place as well, some still with their white dots on. Very cute. I took a stroll around the temple/pagoda area, where there was still ...

(⌒▽⌒) I found the Manga Museum (MM). And that was most of my day covered... I did have plans to go to the Imperial Palace and Nijo Temple. Didn't work out that way....ended up spending about ooo..4 hours at MM just reading manga. Was so coooool!! The building was quite big, with 3 floors, all rooms just lined with bookshelves going from floor to ceiling, just stocked with manga. So beautiful... I read mangas I hadn't hear of before, and ones I had. An...

Kyoto! I don't know why but I have Kyoto in my head as the mid-way point in my travel. It probably is. Or close to it anyway. Makes me kinda sad knowing I've only got 3 weeks left! But the time I've had so far has been awesome. I got to my hostel around 2, after walking the 2.5km or so from the station. So I was knackered, but luckily Kyoto Museum was just down the road! One of the two buildings of the museum was closed off, but I was told they had moved the e...

Osaka castle! Sunny day yet again! So time to check out that castle. You walk through the gardens before reaching the castle. The cherry blossoms are coming along nicely! I didn't see the castle first. Instead I saw the massive moat wall. I had to walk around the moat for a bit before I was able to see part of the castle but as soon as I was on the bridge to go into the central garden you could see most of the castle. It wasn't until I was much closer until I ...

Japanese Cooking Class! I made food! And it was good! We made Udon noodles, which was surprisingly easy! I think I'll be making those at home! We also made Okonomiyaki, which is the regional dish. Mainly egg, some veg and sauce on top. We did the street version. So you can do the restaurant version where you also have udon noodles with it and can add toppings like beef or cheese or squid. We made a chicken skewer which you marinade in sake and other things but ...