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This weekend we took another trip, this time to Yamadera Temple in Yamagata Prefecure.  It’s a famous holy site because it houses a 1100 year old flame in a Buddhist temple brought from a big temple in Kyoto, which was brought from a temple in China, and it’s been burning all this time.  In fact, the temple in Kyoto had been destroyed in a war, and the flame from Yamadera was used to relight that flame when the temple was rebuilt.  The main flame is deep inside the temple to keep it safe from wind and the elements, so unfortunately we didn’t get to see it.

It’s also a very beautiful place, it’s built on the side of a volcanically formed mountain, and there are all these Buddhist carvings in the rocky formations.  It also has many temples built on the rocks which give an awe inspiring view with the mountains in the back ground.  Sadly though it was raining when we went, so the mountains were not quite as visible as I had hoped for.  But there were pretty with the clouds all hazy around them.

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I am still enjoying my stay in Manila… Hello Kitty and I tagged along to Boracay with Chris and Chrissie! Boracay is so beautiful — it was paradise and I highly recommend going if you ever get a chance to visit the Philippines (actually, I would make that the #1 place to visit here)…

Kitty-chan was so happy to be in Boracay! And we were so lucky because it did not even rain! (it’s rainy season right now).

Hello Kitty posing in front of the hotel…

I finally tried Halo-halo and Mmmm! It was mas sarap (very delicious)!

We went island hopping and got some snorkeling into the schedule… I also had an allergic reaction to a puffer fish and the results were UG-LY! My bottom lip was swollen! It was like 5x the size of my upper lip — I looked like a cartoon character!!! But the trip was still so much fun!

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