the kids in japan wear some awesome school uniforms. almost all of the elementary age ones wear yellow hats.
this middle schooler was representing to the fullest.
we were getting ready to go to mount fuji, when mike and julia realized they had their departure date wrong and their plane left in an hour and a half. it's a two hour drive. the host father said "there's no way you'll make it if you take the bus. i'll drive." they made it in time. what a fantastic guy.
jeremy and i now had the day free to do as we wanted. we decided to go to sengakuji temple. it is the location of the '47 ronin' graveyard. the story goes something like this: two lords got in a fight. the attacker was sentenced to commit seppuku, the ritualistic suicide. (usually both would be sentenced, i'm not sure why only one was in this situation.) a year and a half later the 47 samurai followers of the lord that had to commit seppuku, succeeded in avenging their lord and killing the other. they carried his severed head to sengakuji, where they were sentenced to commit seppuku.
this is the leader of the 47 ronin.
sengakuji temple.
there were a lot of graves that we didn't have access to, as it was after hours.
i believe this was the lord's grave.
this was an elevated area. the bulk of the ronin are underneath this as far as i know.
tokyo tower again.
thursday night. 10:30 pm. standing room only.
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