{"id":1179,"date":"2012-07-08T16:50:58","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T07:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jrem.net\/life-in-japan\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2012-07-08T16:51:42","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T07:51:42","slug":"1179","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jrem.net\/?p=1179","title":{"rendered":"From Kyoto to Tokyo!"},"content":{"rendered":"

How was Kyoto? Well, despite swearing to all that is holy that I would never return to that city so long as I breathe, I had a good time! It’s nothing personal<\/em>, you see. It just takes very little for me to swear to never do something ever again.<\/p>\n

So anyway, yep, had a good time! We only had about 9 hours, so we just went to a few temples that look kinda like this:<\/p>\n

\"Tenryuji\"<\/a>

Tenryuji Temple<\/p><\/div>\n

And shrines that looked like this:<\/p>\n

\"Kurumazaki<\/a>

Kurumazaki Shrine<\/p><\/div>\n

And heard important explanations that I obviously wasn’t paying attention to from ex-students \u00a0who look like this:<\/p>\n

\"Saki;<\/a>

Saki; my tour guide!<\/p><\/div>\n

And went to forests made entirely of bamboo that look a lot like this:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Bamboo Forest<\/p><\/div>\n

I have to say, if you can only go to one place, I really am fond of the bamboo forest. I mean, sure, there are world heritage sites and famous temples\/shrines to see.. but c’mon! It’s a forest<\/strong>\u00a0of bamboo<\/strong>! What could be better than that? It’s also surprisingly quiet. Even with all the people around, the noise somehow just seems to kinda fade away, making for a nice atmosphere. Maybe it has something to do with growing up in a desert. I’m still shocked and amazed to see trees.<\/p>\n

What else have I been up to in my crazy life? Studying<\/em>, of course! Still no results back on my kanji<\/em>\u00a0exam (I think I did all right, though), but I need to start preparing for the next one, which will be held at the end of October. It’s more of a hobby than anything else, so there’s not a lot of stress involved. I’m also , as I may or may not have mentioned, preparing for a Microsoft Excel certification thing, so I need to sign up for that eventually. It’s not really necessary, but it’ll help with my job. Beyond that? I’m still planning to move into translation someday, so I’m reading books on translation techniques and legal vocabulary. Yaaaaaaaay?<\/p>\n

“Youth<\/em>,” as they say, “is wasted on the young<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

But it’s not all boring, dear-god-I-wish-Jason-had-a-hobby stuff! I went out to dinner with some ex students last weekend (they’re doing well!), had lunch with a friend of mine on Sunday (she’s pregnant! It strikes me that I’m reaching the age where my friends are starting to have babies and get married–hopefully not<\/strong>\u00a0in that order), and next weekend I’m going to an art exhibit. See? I do know how to have fun!<\/p>\n

I have more to say and more to ramble on about, but I think I’ll leave it here for now, so I don’t stray into too many topics and come off as random (too late for that!). Best to keep to a common thread, you know? But I will write again sometime soon about life and all that!<\/p>\n

For now, I need to watch this movie I rented. Gotta return it tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How was Kyoto? Well, despite swearing to all that is holy that I would never return to that city so long as I breathe, I had a good time! It’s nothing personal, you see. It just takes very little for me to swear to never do something ever again.<\/p>\n

So anyway, yep, had a good time! We only had about 9 hours, so we just went to a few temples that look kinda like this:<\/p>\n

Tenryuji Temple<\/p>\n

And shrines that looked like this:<\/p>\n

Kurumazaki Shrine<\/p>\n

And heard important explanations that I obviously wasn’t paying attention . . . → Read More: From Kyoto to Tokyo!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jrem.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jrem.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jrem.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jrem.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jrem.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.jrem.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1186,"href":"http:\/\/www.jrem.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions\/1186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jrem.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jrem.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jrem.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}