day 10 - walking in tom`s footsteps

13/06/07 late...
i`m really tired so i won`t go into details too much. today, me and mami and risa and a friend of hers went to shoshazan. that`s a mountain here in himeji with a tempole complex (engyouji) on top of it. first we visited and art and craft museum at the foot of the mountain. afterwards we went to the top using the ropeway, which is basically a cabin lift like they have in the alps. the mountaintop was really beautiful and you had to walk a bit to get to the truly impressive temple buildings. a few scenes from the last samurai were apparently shot up there and it really made a great location. we3 went back to own, had a coffee and later dinner at home. i wrote some emails to my family and spent the next hours finishing haruki murakami`s "dance dance dance", which was truly terrific, although as usual quite confusingand mysterious, and left me wanting more. i do recommend the book, but as it is more or less a sequel to "a wild sheep chase", one should read that book first. good night. (8345)