At 9:00 a.m. a car picks me up to take me to the Buddist temple where I am teaching my seminar. This doesn't look like a Traditional Temple, but the outside looks more like the geneology library in Salt Lake. It is too far for me to figure out how to get there. I would take an hour and get hopelessly lost. It is really probably a twenty minute walk, but you know me.
We only have 11 students this time, but that is a good number. I can and will work with each and every one of them before we are through.
Time here is interesting. I have left my compture on UTAH time, but as I write this, it is 9:27 a.m. on Monday, March 23 and 6:28 pm on Sunday, March 22nd. It feels really strange to send you an email today and have you get it yesterday!
Chief Dan
Four Things
Thunder Gate
Entrance to the Buddist Shrine
More Wedding Gifts
This is just another section of the table for the wedding gifts that guests can recieve
Gifts at the Wedding
These are some of the gifts you would receive if you were invited to a Japanese Wedding.
The Shrine in the town
This is the shrine that most people use.
Requiem
Requiem for a soul
Pond on Sacred Ground
The pond is to honor the Frog Oil
Honored Frogs
Frogs have a special significance
Guardian at the Gate
This is a Sacred Dog who keeps evil away from the Shrine
800 year old tree
This tree's existance was first recorded in th 1200's
400 year old bridge
This Bridge was built in the 1600's
Classroom in Tsukuba
Here is class just before we start.
Window Garden
Same garden as below, the whole thin
Window Gardens
This garden is outside the tea area and the lunch area
Window Gardens
That Garden is a Lot smaller than it looks!
Hotel Window Garden
Here is how it looks from across the room
Tsukuba in the Morning
This is the same view, in the morning
Tsukuba at Night
This is the view outside my hotel room
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