Sayonara Nagoya
What am I going to miss in Nagoya??
Well, Nagoya played a very big part in my life.. Ive experienced one of the hottest days in Japan, seen many girls in skirts or short shorts, pekpekshorts as they say, ate at different famous restaurants in Japan, seen Filipino Night Clubs Paro-Paro, met new friends, met a Japanese who is very good in English, spent so much on foods and travels, seen new temples, seen a castle, seen a Tower (Nagoya Tower, even first than the famous Tokyo Tower), entered a Japanese School, seen botiques that I never even want to enter, ate Takoyaki, failed at dieting, arrived at home first than the rest of my friends (20 minute travel time to and from the office), went inside a very very very big Karaoke house, seen boys prettier than girls whose eyebrows are more kikay than girls’, lived in a place where fashion is very common and just by standing with them makes me feel like an alalay, never even went around the place so much, never experienced going to the Amusement park, where soda is a must, drinking coffee for free, started smoking again, never did drink on my own, ate at macdonalds everyday, experienced hanging out with foreigners, seen odd english posters, experienced company parties, twice, and alot more…
Nagoya offers a lot of sight viewing places like the Nagoya Castle, Nagoya Tower, the Twin Tower Takashimaya, Spiral Building, Spiral something, temples, tall statue that wears different attires depending on the occassion, and more..
Here are some of the places that Ive been to here in Nagoya:
Nagoya Castle
Twin Towers in Nagoya
Sakae Fountain near Nagoya Tower
Nagoya Tower (in reflection)
Temple in Nagoya
Sakae
Nagoya Port
Spiral Tower in Nagoya
Tindahan na inde ko man lang binalak pasukin
In front of Nagoya Station
Famous Statue in Nagoya
so there.. Im going to miss Nagoya.. Its cold weather, people I became close to, all the poeple Ive talked to, girls who wear less clothes even if its cold, and the 20-minute travel time company that Ive worked to…
And who knows, maybe Ill be able to work here again.. But as of now, priorities are priorities.. So If ever that Ill be back here in Nagoya again, I promised myself to go to places Ive never been to.. So hopefully, theres another chance for me to do that..
Kannon
Lying here with you
Listening to the rain
Smiling just to see the smile upon your face
These are the moments I thank God that I’m alive
These are the moments I’ll remember all my life
I found all I’ve waited for
And I could not ask for more
No, this is not the piano piece by Pachelbel.. This is a famous statue in Ofuna Station, the KANNON BOSATSU (Skt. Avalokitesvara), Goddess of Mercy that originated from India… Well, it was believed that there are 33 manifestations of Kannon in different forms.. There are also 33 Kannon statues in Kamakura, but this was the only one that we visited.. There was a story that you must visit the temples in order and that will be an act of great merit… Well, we didnt have enough time and we didnt know the locations of the other statues, plus this was the nearest in our house, thats why this is the one we visited… This is a picture of Kannon from the Ofuna Station:
View from the Train Station
The Kannon Head is a sign for the passengers of the train that will tell them that they are nearing the end of their long journey.. Those who came from Osaka or Nagoya that is going to Tokyo via train, will know that they are near the Tokyo station, which is about 45 minutes from Ofuna Station..
So the path going there is not hard.. Actually, I never imagined that it was very near the station because I never go to the other back side of the station.. So exiting the station from the back side, we crossed this bridge and walked for another 10 minutes to reach the pathway to the temple:
Bridge going to the Path of the Temple
This is the Entrance to the Path going to the Temple
So here comes the hard part.. Going up!!! The path way is a small road going up with bamboos on the left side and a hill on the right.. It took us about 8 minutes to reach the top which was the entrance to the temple.. The entrance costs only 300 yen..
The Temple Gate
So after entering the first thing you will notice is this scenery, under a temple..
Folded Crane Shrine
The place has this many 100 folded crane origami which was believed to make your wish come true if you ever folded 1000 cranes.. Also, there was incenses and some stones with writings that i didnt understood.. ehehe…
Going up will take you to one of the temple which has a bell, where you will pray and say your wish and ring the bell.. There are steps to do this, and I didnt know that so I didnt tried to make a wish..
Going further up will take you to the highest point of the whole place, were the head of Kannon is located..
Head of Kannon
Side View
At the back of the head, there is an entrance to its head.. Then inside the head, you will see a mini-Kannon statue and some things that I cant explain.. Also, inside the head, you can put your 1000 folded crane origami..
Mini Kannon Statue
The place is not that small.. There were alot of open spaces where you can rest.. Also, there is a great view of Kamakura-Ofuna from the top.. The air was cold, and it was very relaxing…
At the end of the day, before leaving the temple, we saw some Priests and we grabbed the chance to have a picture with them.. Here are the priests of the temple:
Temple Priest
So the experience was great… I know for the fact that there are alot of temples in Kamakura, and this is just one of them.. Hopefully, I can visit the other temples as well.. Specially if you are with your friends like mine:
Friendly Friends
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