T6S ~Nikko~ Temples, shrines and a typhoon

9.20am. I set my alarm clock wrong. I put pm instead of am >< Thank God one of the tour boys knocked on my door. Breakfast was so nice. We had toasty breads and fruits. A little bit of pear, banana and kiwi! I'm not so sure that we will do a lot of sight seeing today. It's rainy and there is a typhoon coming! How do you prepare for a typhoon? o_o Pack my luggage? I dont mind going in the rain, except my hair will frizz ><

2.30pm. We went for a 3 hour walk to see Nikko's temple complex. My fav temple was the Roaring Dragon one. This monk or someone clapped some wood, and when you do it under the dragon's head, then it does a special echo. I took stacks of photos so far. I'm up to 180 or so now. I'm in my bed now, I feel tired. It's been raining all day and yes we went out in the rain. My poor slip-ons got ruined. I wonder if they will survive this trip. My umbrella won't. Oh yea, I saw a Lassie dog in the morning. The owner came out and I asked him what the dog's name was. He said 'Neo' but not Neo san. So I dont know.

After our long walk, we went to a Korean restoraunt o.o I had yakitori chicken through. I sat with the oldies and it was so boring! The food was nice and the owner was friendly (he even said Im kawaii). They had pix of all the foreign customers along the wall. On the way home, we stopped at two convenience stores side by side. I rumaged through the magazines and bought two as souvenirs. 'Jelly' and 'Junon' about boyz XD I can read them now, or should I go find the others in my group?

4.30pm. Half the group has wandered off to the onsen baths and the rest of us chilled in the lobby waiting for the rain to stop. Well, it didn't, so we just went out anyway. We followed a trail from our ryokan and it led to hundreds of little Buddha statues along the trail path, beside a cliff and river. Well they weren't quite little, they were waist height and all wore a red beanie and bib. So cute! My shoes are totally anhiliated by now. I wish I could find some geisha type shoes here but I doubt the shops sell any.

8pm. I took a nap, maybe an hour or two. It was so nice. Then I hung out with everyone in the lobby, reading my magz I bought. Dinner was ok. The food was ariight but expensive, and the place looked bad. The walls were covered in junk from around the world. Now the typhoon is approaching. We have to stay here T.T At least those two British boys are here. Without them I'd go insane. I want to go on the net, but the ryokan doesn't have any. Not even a tv in the lobby.

10.30pm. I'm having fun downstairs! And remind me to look up Banzai on the net when I get home. Yay I use to love that show! Pete was telling us about it, he is a really funny guy. One old couple brought their laptop along and we monitored the typhoon over Japan. It's gonna hit here the strongest from midnight to 3am o.o Apparently Tokyo is flooded! Tonight is turning out fun. The British boys looked through my magz and photos on my camera (of hosts etc). Plus the old man with the laptop has some hentai DVDs! LOL. Hopefully we will watch some now. Everyone found out I'm a bit of a perv too, coz I know a lot about hentai^^

10.50pm. I'm going to bed soon. The night was ok, just socializing and looking at magazines. The 'Jelly' one is my fav, there is so many awesome fashions in there! The Junon one has hot guys but they are too young for me (teens to 21)! I'm not scared of the typhoon. I'm more scared of a blackout or sleeping in.