We left the Tokyo Bay hotel today early morning and went sight seeing in Hidemi's friend's Hiromi mini-van. First we visited Kamakura and had Udon at a little noodle shop. It was excellent. After lunch we went to Daibutsu. It is a giant Buddha, the largest outdoor Buddha. The original hall thta housed the statue was destroyed in 1494 by a tsunami, however the statue survived. We got to inside the statue (into the Buddha's belly).
Next stop, Hase-dera shrine. There was a library of all the sutras, and you could turn it around in a circle, gaining the equivalent of reading all the sutras. The garden's were lush with lots of flowers and ponds that had large carp fish (looked like koi fish).
After the 2 shrines we checked into the Sheraton Miyako Hotel (recently the Miyako Raddison). The hotel was a bit of a disapointment compared to the Tokyo Bay hotel we just came from. I describe it as a Raddison cake with Sheraton icing.
After check-in we went out to eat at Jonathan's and had a tasmanian burger steak. Karen had shoyu soup and rice. Witgh dinner Mel and I polished up a huge pitcher of beer and called it a night.
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