Halloween and more~

The past week or two have been mostly devoted to midterm exams. Despite this stress, I still managed to have a bit of fun.

Halloween in Japan isn’t nearly as nifty as it is in the States. There is no trick or treating—only a select few who may don costumes for the day. The campus became like a giant outdoor cosplay event, really (yes, there were a lot of kitties, maids, and kitty-maids). Of course, the dressing up was mainly done by the 留学生(foreign students). Therefore, those of us who were in costume couldn’t take 5 steps out without being stopped by the Japanese students and being asked to have our picture taken. It was fun and flattering for a while, until I was hungry and it took me about a half an hour to get to the cafeteria when it only should have taken me 3 minutes.

Aside from that, I went to Arashiyama today in order to pay a visit to the Iwatayama Monkey Park. It is a rather steep hike up a mountain, but it was well worth it. At the top there is a small park with a wonderful view of Kyoto. The best part, though…monkeys. Macaque monkeys running all over the place. It was glorious!

I know that this isn’t too detailed, but I’ll let the pictures speak as their are a LOT of them.

VK kids on Halloween (Joseph, Shari, myself, and Dana). I have pink hair again!

Halloween on campus:










Chelsey is a debil:

Khaulah is a cute thing:

Debil stabs cuteness:

Goddamned furry:

NOMNOMNOM:

Mr. President?!

Arashiyama:








Views of Kyoto from the top:



Me at the Monkey Park:

We were not allowed to feed the monkeys outside of the rest area as it would encourage them to misbehave. They were so cute!:









Expectant Monkey is expectant:

Outside of that little enclosure, monkeys were everywhere!:








Groomy monkeys!:




Broody monkeys!:



Slide monkey!:




A cute green bug. Yeah.

My Dears stuff came! Yeah!:

I also got my gaijin card…I am now a certified gaijin:

I am a sad, sad person:

Now food, starting with our shabu shabu dinner one night…Rebecca demonstrates:

Maccha parfait. Nom nom:

Caramel almond parfait:

Parfait collection:

~ by pinkspiderchan on November 3, 2009.