Kyoto on New Years was fun. We stayed with our friends who conveniently live right next to Aya’s aunt and uncle. Most of the time we lounged around, but on one day we went to Nara to check out the Great Buddha. It is roughly 16 meters, or about 50 feet tall and was built in the 8th century. Of course very little of the original remains, but it was still very cool. We were also there on the last day before the city’s 1300th birthday. 1300! Wow, very cool. Nara was nice, a peaceful place. I recommend, however, going in another season because winter is very cold. Also, be careful with the deer. There are tame deer all around that you can feed, but they are not 100% friendly. One deer head butted my friend and another deer stole a map out of his pocket when he wasn’t looking and ran away with it. He was very unfortunate. Here is the site where Brian posts his videos. You can go here to see footage of us bowing to the deer at Nara. http://www.youtube.com/user/brianadler#p/a/u/0/1IKlvmbjys4
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