Sightseeing in Japan

Above we are posing with a Japanese school group in front of the Great Buddha of Kamakura. This Buddha is the second largest Buddha statue in Japan located on the grounds of the Kotokuin Temple. It weighs 121 tons and is 13 meters tall.

Making your way around Tokyo can be very overwhelming to a visitor. Luckily, we had 2 natives as our tour guides. Toshio and Aika, friends of Amanda's from Berklee, spent the day with us on Tuesday as we toured Tokyo. I don't know how we would have navigated the train routes and neighborhoods on our own. At right we pose with Aika on a Tokyo street corner.

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