Kamakura
June 30, 2008
Daniel and I took a day trip to Kamakura a few days ago, a small town about an hour out of Tokyo. It’s a pretty old village with lots of temples and shrines, and a gigantic 13th century Buddha statue that you can go inside of and climb up a bit.
There were hydrangeas in bloom all over town, and people taking photos of them just as they did when the cherry blossoms came out in late spring.
Kamakura is on the coast, so we spent part of the day on the beach. Crowds would gather whenever the fishermen pulled in a net. The fishermen only wanted the fish; they’d caught lots of fugu (blowfish). They tossed out all the jellyfish. And then they let people grab handfuls of tiny transparent fish from the net, and eat them alive.
Daniel and I were offered some, but declined. We’re such wimps. . .
