Our trip to Aomori

Bright and early Sunday morning Sky and I headed over to Michelle and Gian's house. Satoko met us there and then we all headed out to Aomori. Michelle and Satoko were going horseback riding and Gian took Sky and I to the big Buddha. It was so amazing. Check out the photos!

This is the temple that was on the way.

This is a little fountain/waterfall thing that I thought was pretty on the way.

Here is the outside of the big Buddha.

Oh it was so beautiful. You have to take off your shoes and it was FREEZING in there! But so worth it. Here are some photos of the inside.







These were on the walls in the middle. Also in the area was a little shrine here's a picture of that.

Then there was a little statue. Here is Sky and I in front of it.

I told you it was cold in there! After we took some pictures in there we went upstairs and saw these:

I guess people purchase these and they get engraved and they are prayed for every day. I wanted to buy one and just take it home! I bet they were kind of pricey though. So that was the big Buddha.

After that and when Michelle and Satoko were done riding we went for lunch at Tony Roma's. One was just built out there. It was delicious! Too bad it's so damn far away. After our amazing lunch we went by a second hand shop to look for a snowboard for me. Michelle had found one there for a great deal and I wanted to see if I could get one as well. Unfortunately I struck out so I'm still looking, Satoko is helping out a lot. She is checking all the Japanese sites and auctions for me. Hopefully I can find one soon so that we can go sometime. I guess I can rent from outdoor rec if it's taking a while. Anyway, I will update when there's more on that. Well that's my update, hope you enjoyed it. :)

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