Day Four- Kyoto

We got to sleep in today, but instead of sleeping until 7, we woke up at 6:20.

Last night, around 3 AM, a bunch of sirens went off and a man yelled on a megaphone. It was strange. I wonder what he was doing...?


We got ready and met a little after 8, but because some people had to do laundry, we were almost late for our shinkansen trip.

The new strap I bought for my purse snapped when we were running.


We met up with Chris at Kyoto Station. Yay...


We walked from the station to Sanjuusangendou temple. We went through, I answered all of Hurley's questions correctly because I had already heard his lecture thing, and I bought a charm for my cousin.


I got a fortune. It said that my lost item is outside. Outside of what...?

I got cornered by a group of middle schoolers who wanted to take a photo with me and ask me questions in English. They were so cute!

Then we walked to Kiyomizudera.



Last time, I nearly died. I could not breathe, and it was hell. This time, I walked up the millions of stairs and the hills without even breaking a sweat!


We visited one of the special shrines at the temple, this one dedicated to love. There were a lot of cute couples praying for their relationship's future and many single girls buying love charms. Josh and Jeremy prayed at the temple (Jeremy rang the bell too long!) and I wanted to, too, but I was too shy.


We walked around a bit more, and then had kitsune udon at a small shop. It was really good. I shared a table with Adam, Steven, and Janine. Adam was really nice. =3 He covered my purse with his jacket so no one would take it.


We walked around the shops for a bit, and Lauren, Hurley, Janine and I all got crepes. Chocolate banana FTW.


We met up with Shiokawa's mother and she led us through all these cool alleyways and temples to the bus. We entered Gion, walked a bit to the bus stop, but no one wanted to pay busfare, so we just walked FOREVER.

We walked and walked and walked and walked, and then we got to the International Manga Museum.

Josh was so happy he said he felt like crying...


And he almost did once he found out that the museum is closed on Wednesdays.


So we sat there, blaming the closed-ness on Josh's extremely bad luck fortune he got at Kiyomizudera.


So we just headed over to Teramachi early.


The guys found some great anime stores and the girls found good clothing stores, and Sarah, Alea, Marsha, and I went off to do karaoke.


Tower Records was under construction so we could not buy Naichau Kamo. ;________; Sad...


We headed over to the closest karaoke place and rented a room for an hour. We ordered drinks and got started!


Alea is an amazing singer. Holy geez.


I sang As For One Day and Sarah and I sang Love Machine. Alea sang rock songs and Marsha sang a Maroon 5 song. Then, I was going to sing Kanashimi Twilight or the ayaka medley, but I accidentally pressed Aruiteru... twice. So instead of Sarah singing iDOLMASTER songs, we sat there and watched Aruiteru and Mr. Moonlight play....


I felt really bad about it.


We headed back to meet everyone and we all chatted excitedly about what we did.


Marsha was feeling dizzy, so she sat down.


And then she started to cry.


Adam was the closest one to her, so he tried to comfort her, but he looked like he was at a loss, so I stepped in.


Eventually, I was sitting in the middle of the main Teramachi street with Marsha sobbing on my lap.


Hurley came up and asked what was wrong; I guessed that it was extremely low blood sugar. Marsha was trembling and couldn't even stand.

Hurley called a taxi, and Sarah and Lauren and I took Marsha to the Starbucks across the street from the station.

Marsha was a wreck. She hugged me the entire time we were in the taxi, and wouldn't stop crying. She was just so beyond hungry. It didn't help that she was taking it too hard, like she was being a huge burden. And Sarah wasn't being the most... sensitive person there. But I was surprised at how well I managed to calm Marsha down. I call it my "mommy moment".


We sat in Starbucks for about an hour while we waited for everyone else to catch up with us. We fed Marsha snacks and Sarah and I had green tea drink things. xD


Hurley caught up and escorted us to the Shinkansen before getting dinner at Kyoto Station with everyone else. He said that with me there, there was no way that anything could go wrong. That made me happy. x3

We rode the Shinkansen back to Osaka. Lauren took Marsha back to the hostel while Sarah and I went to Lotteria Burger for dinner for the three of us who eat beef and weren't about to faint. xD

The food was good. x3 How come Japanese fast food is so good?



We all ate in the lobby and now here I am, typing about my day. Everyone else will be back in about ten minutes, so I think I will take a shower soon. We're leaving early tomorrow and heading to Fukuoka, and then Nagasaki. So I'll probably be without internet for some time.