Saturday, April 25, 2009

Spring Break a.k.a Haru Yasumi

So, the Spring Break is over and start to get back to reality.
Study and study and study =(

Since I almost never speak the Peter Pan's language during holiday, I have to catch up many things this term ... Yaiks >_< I didn't have a chance to write on Spring Break (coz I was really enjoying my time on Haru Yasumi =P), I'll share a little bit of my Spring Break in this Peter Pan Land today =)

There was a festival around the famous shrines along the Higashiyama Street which I attended in the first week of my holiday.
The festival called Kyoto Higashiyama Hanatourou 2009. Hana means flower. So the festival is all about flowers and lite ups to welcoming the Spring ^^.

One of the shrine at sunset

At Nite Time ^^

One of flower creation

A kind of wood lantern ^^

Another flower creation
Lamp creation by one of art student


One of Sakura's creation


There's a lamp inside of each bamboo

Then I spent a day to Saga Arashiyama.
A friend came and he wanted to go to Arashiyama since he know about this Bamboo Grove from the movie, Memoirs of Geisha.
Well, coz I never know where this place is (I'm suckz with maps and directions =P), I asked Astroboy to be the tour guide (thanks a lot for your help =D)
It was so beautiful and the Cherry Blossoms started to bloom there.

The Garden of Tenryuu-ji

The Cherry Blossom

Us in front of the Bamboo Grove

The famous Bamboo Grove


Finally my dream came true, coz I landed my feet at the Universal Studio of Japan at Osaka with some friends ^^
It was soooooo fun !!!!!
Especially when we could have discount for the ticket (yay !!! ^^) and they have this Magical Starlight Parade at night =D

In front of the Universal Studio's globe ^^

The biggest Turkey leg I ever ate !!!


Spiderman Adventure !!!

One of my idol: Woody Woodpecker =D

In front of Snoopy pond ^^

Few days later, my best friend, Josefin, spent couple days at my place before she got back for real to Sweden =(
It was a blast !!!! ^^
Miss her again while I'm writing this =(


Having a relaxing time together =D

Kou-san came later after her part time job ^^


I went to Kobe for the 2nd time with my beloved Taiwanese best friends ^^
This time I had a chance to see Kobe at nite, and it was soooo beautiful !!!

Inside Kawasaki Museum

View from Kobe Tower ^^


In front of Kobe view at night ^^

Then I went with my apartment friend for 3 days to Hiroshima !!!!!
Hiroshima is surely a beautiful town if I may say.
Since I like old town, Hiroshima has everything !!!!
It still has trams to take you anywhere (and it was cheap !!!).
We went to Miyajima by ferry and after that we visited this Genbaku Dome, a place which got bombed on 6 August 1945.
Really want to get back to that town again someday =)

A statue at Bomb Monument

The building that got bombed in WW II at Genbaku Dome

At Miyajima, the symbol of Hiroshima City

The Chery Blossoms were starting to bloom in Kyoto !!!!!
Didn't want to loose the moment (Cherry Blossoms which known as Sakura only blooms once in a year, just for 1 week !!!!), I went several times to watch them (this called Hanami, which means watching and having a picnic under Sakura tree) with some of my friends.




In the middle of Sakura !!! =D

Cherry Blossoms !!!!

In the middle of Sakura trees =)

Playing water on a bright day at Kamogawa ^^

At the end of my holiday, I was invited by my lovely Taiwanese friends to have a little party since one of them having birthday and 2 of them just moved to a new apartment ^^.
Was soooo fun !!!!! (thank you Chin & Shin-san =D)

Nice that Chin-san loves his Totoro present ^^

It was Achang's birthday ^^

Well, that's what I could share for now.
Have to get back to reality soon. Homeworks and tests are waiting !!!!
YAIKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >_<