greetings from tokyo: Kamakura and others

Hey everyone,

sorry for not posting regularly, but here's some new pictures for you guys to look at. These are all from my trip to kamakura. I went on Sunday. Kamakura is famous for having the second largest Buddha statue in the world. I think the best part about going to Kamakura was just getting out of Tokyo. Kamakura is about two and a half hours away. It was totally worth the trip though. The first thing I noticed when I got there was that there were a lot of trees.

Above is a monk in front of the daibutsu. i think we were supposed to put money in his dish.

the daibutsu

I just liked the way this lion's face looked.

This is what kamakura is famous. The second largest buddha statue in the world. I went with Luis and Claudia.

People drying their money at the money temple.

a cat sleeping at a temple. it was friendly so i got to pet it.

The outside of the money shrine. I'm not sure what its actually called. I really liked this shrine because it was in the middle of the forest and on the outside it looks really small and quiet and then you go through a tunnel and see all of the hustle and bustle.

This is a money washing ritual. Apparently you have to douse you're money to wash and it will give you good luck. I totally did it, but accidentally spent the money I was supposed to wash. I hope that's not bad luck.