Okay, just came back from Japan a few days before. And had pretty lots of fun there too.^_^
First day,
The minute we touched down at the airport, we went over to a noodle factory to make our very own udon noodles for lunch. We made the noodles manually and that also meant that we had to step on our dough. Well, we were much more better of as some of the other groups created a hole in their plastic bag and therefore, added some ' extra flavouring ' inside their noodle as well.
Next stop was at the atomic bomb museum where we heard about the experience on how the survivor managed to get on with life even after the atomic bomb was dropped. Sigh..I suppose we can all forgive and forget our hatred within us right?
After which, we went to the park where the atomic bomb dropped at. Nice, cooling weather greeted us. Lol. Anyways, the statues there were real meaningful. Too bad, I did not really took many pictures of them. Hahax.
Found plenty of folded cranes hanging from a shelter at the corner of the park. It was really beautiful..
And at night, we went to the top of the atomic museum and we saw this. Small, little light in the water, all representing the victims that suffered during the period of the atomic bombs. We all bowed our heads in respect for the people. Sigh, tough times..
2nd Day,
Went to a place where we learn about the war between the Samurai and the Japanese Government. Well, we saw their graveyards and it was pretty creepy there. Even in normal daylight, as when we were at the graveyards of the Japanese Government. Some soothing music suddenly started playing from behind the trees. The whole feeling seems as though we just came out from a fairytale. Well, too bad we did not go over to check it out. Sigh..Kinda of wasted.
We then went over to a park not too far away so as we can have our obento lunch. The packing looked nice on the outside but the food was very cold. Haha. But still, eating outside in the beautiful scenery made it all worthwhile.
Guess who we met running around the park after lunch? Cute little Japanese boys. Kawaii neh! ^_^
After which, we headed for the Kinamoto Castle. Well, it has a nice view from the top. That is all I can say. Haha, well can really read the descriptions of the items on display since it is all in Japanese. Then, we headed for our school exchange trip. After hours and hours of practice we had in school, it have finally managed to pay off since we did a pretty good performance for the students. Well, that is what I think though. The Japanese students were pretty friendly too, and very sociable. Haha.
3rd day
Well, we went to learn about the Minamata Disease that happened a few years back. We visited some of the coastal features nearby that were once infected by the mercury poisoning. The people in the factory were really heartless. It is bad enough using cats as experiments for the mercury poisoning but throwing into the river and letting the people having to suffer, it is really mean of them.
Well, after lunch, we headed for the hotto house where we met some of the victims that suffered under the Minamata Disease. But I really admire them for their courage after all that they been though.
4th day
We went to visit Mount Aso. And although we did not really got to see the volcano up close, we managed to see snow! It was so cool! We even had a snowball fight among each other. It was so awesome.
After which, we went down to see the waterfall and the gorges. It looked so much nicer than the ones in our textbook. Well, I'm stating the obvious right? Well, I suppose you guys can judge it for youself...
At night, all we did is shopping, shopping, and more shopping. Well, went around with Elaina, Yuai and Andera. Well, gossiped a little here and there, haha. Had lots of fun around them too:)
5th day
Returned back to Singapore. Couldn't sleep on the plane, had motion sickness as usual. Haha. Well, that's about it. Just hope I can return back to Japan soon. ^_^
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