At one of the temples, Sam paid to light a candle and put his wish on the wish thing. Here he is crawling through the wish tunnel to make his wish come true.
Sam's wish that he put on the Buddhist wishing thing. (To be a very great scientist)
Japan is a small world. On the street in Kyoto we saw Kaori Maeda. This is Sam's babysitter in Tokyo. She and her boyfriend were on a bike trip through Japan and had ended up in Kyoto. Even in Japan you meet your students/babysitters in the strangest of places. Kaori's dad works in Honolulu and she speaks perfect English.
Also in Kyoto we went to Monkey Park. It looks like this monkey is in a cage, but it isn't. It was freezing cold, muddy, and wet and we hiked about a mile up this mucky mountain to a little visitor center at the top. Along the way you see all these monkeys in trees and even on the path and signs saying "Don't look directly at the monkeys. Don't feed the monkeys." Essentially the monkeys are like the deer at deer park but a lot more aggressive and more dangerous. So, you get to the top and buy monkey food (fruit and nuts) and stand in the building and feed the monkeys through the windows which are covered in this fencing to keep the monkeys from attacking you for more food. Ah, is it just that Japan has so few lawyers? But, it's a great (if somewhat more dangerous) place for kids.
Our picture snapped by some nice Mormon missionaries just ending their mission in Japan. We are in front of the golden pagoda in Kyoto. It is made of solid gold. Sam rang a bell and made a donation to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami. The monk liked him so much and thought he was so cute that he gave him some candy. :)
A view of Mt. Fuji taken from the Shinkansen on the way back to Tokyo before leaving for China.
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