Day Two- Koya-san

We woke up at frigging 5 in the morning.

We fled the hotel and took the Shinkansen to Osaka. We dropped our stuff off at the hostel (I got to lead!) before returning to the station. We boarded a few trains and made our way to Mt. Koya. We took a funny tram up the mountain. x3

Then we took an a bus to the high school. It was pretty old-looking...

We were greeted by a group of students, including a SUPER HOTTIE named Kazuya. Upon further examination, I also discovered that he's around my height or taller. <3

We went into the school's temple and listened to people talk. Then we had to meditate. It killed my hip. It still hurts. Then I got a cramp in my foot and almost died. It was the longest 25 minutes of my life.

Then we had lunch. OMFG it was delicious. There was rice and miso soup and fruit and this wonderful stir-fry-okonomiyaki-latke-thing. It was a clump of peas, corn, other veggies, and shrimp, all fried tempura-style. I talked with Emiko and Erika. I was so confident about my Japanese. Even though Emiko laughed at me when I said I liked Morning Musume, because that was a group she liked back in elementary school. Oh well. They're all Avril Lavigne nerds. xD

We then watched a picture show about the origin of a guy-person.

Then we went to practice calligraphy. A cute girl named Akane taught me, and told me my kanji was cute, even though I sucked. xD

Then we went with the class to the gym. Other people went to play basketball and volleyball while Janine, Alea, Jeremy, and I taught people how to play a game Hurley learned. Even Kazuya played. <3

Then we bounced around a volleyball and then Janine, Akane, Erika, and I played badminton.

We then had a party.

BTW, Alea was super popular. Her partner for calligraphy was obviously in love with her, and Shou, Sarah's partner, also paid A LOT of attention to her. Even Tiffany was popular.


I've fallen in love with Kazuya. I took stalkerish photos of him. x3

On the way out, Shou held both Alea and Sarah's hands. xD We were the Shou/Kazuya fanclub in the back of the bus. We decided that if there were a person who had Kazuya's looks and Shou's personality, he would be the perfect man.

Han got a great photo of Kazuya, so we're all going to get a copy.


The temple in amazing. We have a two-room-thing for the girls. There are two kotatsu (best invention evar) and we're sleeping on futon.

We had a strictly vegetarian dinner, Jeremy had his second nosebleed so far, Sarah is in a crappy mood and snaps back at everything, and I'm too tired to keep my eyes open.

Good night.


BTW, It's still not terribly cold. I've only had to wear two layers at the most.