by Collin | May 12, 2004 | Cultural
Today we visited the Kyoto shrines of Kinkakuji and Ryoanji. Kinkakuji was built in the 13th century. In the 14th century, it became the home of one of the retired Ashikaga shoguns. When he died, he willed the temple to a Buddhist sect who made it a Zen temple. The...
by Collin | May 11, 2004 | Travel
We’re finally in Japan now. It seems very late for me, but it is still relatively early locally. It is about 8 PM Japan time and 6 AM Arkansas time and my internal clock is desperately struggling to catch up. Today started very early, around 4 AM. I didn’t...
by Collin | May 9, 2004 | Travel
I’m trying to finish up the last bit of packing. I’ve got everything that I want to take with me, now its just a matter of jumping up and down on top of the suitcases to get everything to fit. Hopefully, I’ll get a chance to do a little blogging on...
by Collin | May 5, 2004 | Travel
Its been very busy in these few days leading up to the flight out. There doesn’t seem to be enough time to do everything. I have to do the following before Monday:Pack Graduate Finish research for the paper Find a job Come up with 3 questions for the various...
by Collin | May 2, 2004 | Travel
Here are a few of the cities in Japan we’ll be visiting:Kameoka (west of Kyoto) Nara Toyota City (near Nagoya) Hiroshima Tamano City Tokyo They are circled in the map above (click it for a larger map). I am looking for a better map of Japan, so please leave a...
