Morioka pt 2

What We Did:





















FORMAT CHANGE











We got up in the morning and biked all the way to this famous giant Buddha statue. It was the most uphill biking I think I've ever done in my life, so that was sure fun. The mountain scenery was breathtaking the whole way up- everything is SO green! It was a several mile trip, although I can't remember exactly how long, and we got lost a few times because it's pretty way out in the middle of nowhere. After miles of nothing but forest and plants, suddenly off the side of the road you can see this huge wooden gate and lots of stone statues and tablets. We parked our bikes in a heavily ferned area at the bottom and made our way up a steep snaking path lined with tablets of buddhist poetry. At the top of the hill there is a huge temple and an even huger buddha. We were surprisingly the only people there the entire time, and we enjoyed a picnic of conbini snacks at the foot of the statue.

What We Ate:



Ryan got a hot dog and egg salad bun or something and a pocari sweat. have you guys heard of this stuff? It's like gatorade here: it has electrolytes and salt and sugar to replenish whatever you're sweating out- but they didn't stop there- it's apparently designed to be the viscosity of human sweat. Somehow just not as appetizing as my mitsuya cider, a lightly yuzu (citrus) flavoured water.


More mushi pan. This brand makes the shape of Hokkaido on the top, and it tastes more like cheese than like cream. The texture is incredible. Imagine a cheesecake poundcake but light as air. oh man.



This was advertised as a 'mochi textured' danish and they had my heart. plus mini chocolate chips and swirls. um. yum.



These are little mini pudding flavoured pancakes filled with pudding (pretty much like flan or custard).

What I Wore:



shirt/shorts- thrifted, shoes-internet?

With love from Japan,

Kathryn