We were supposed to make our way to Tokyo on the 12th, but due to the train disruptions and all, thought it wise not to return to Tokyo the day after the earthquake and wait till things have stabilised a little. So our day was spent leisurely in Nagano City instead. A certain famous ancient temple by the name of Zenkoji temple was the key attraction there; so we dutifully made that our tourist destination of the day heh. Along the way we decided to be adventurous and got a miso soft-serve. It tasted exactly like miso and I regretted it immediately after the first few bites... and we ended up dumping it for a normal strawberry soft-serve heh.
Aside from wandering about the temple grounds and various small shops along the way, we were pretty chill...
Self-service omikuji (fortunes)... these remind me of five stones :P
Two young Jap ladies unravelling their fortunes...
The prettily and neatly tied-up omikujis never fail to impress me...
Cute mirrors and hankies I spotted in a souvenir store!
Irasshaimase (Welcome)! Pls open the door and come in...
View of cute shopfronts from inside the cafe...I just bought the DVD for 5 centimeters per second online! By another up & coming anime director Makoto Shinkai... The level of details depicted in his scenes (mirroring reality) is amazing and I felt compelled to get it. Somehow the japanese spoken in these kinda trailers just feel so poetic...