Kamakura

Sigh, today we ventured forth to Kamakura which is famous for temples. We spent a majority of the day as we spend most of our family days, wandering lost and frustrated. We had 3 targets to find, we found one and then decided it was time to go home. However, the one we found was the most important! We went to a temple that kind of sounded like Topo-Gigio to us, we was a laugh. It had a bamboo forest!!!! It was so beautiful with all these thick bamboo plants. When the wind blew, they knocked together, very peaceful. My camera decided to take lots of blurry pics because the battery was low but I still got some good ones! We then went to Yokohama Station and tried an authentic Japanese restaurant where we got tempura. However, no one spoke a word of english, so they laughed at us a lot and there was a lot of confusion but we got some food. It was odd because you got a pot of rice, some tempura shrimp and veggies, some garnish type radishes and cabbage, a dessert of something like almond pudding and strawberry, and a pot of tea which you pour into a bowl of rice and tempura. I could not eat this with chopsticks, thank goodness they give you spoons. It was actually really good!! I was quite proud, I ate the whole thing except the pickled radishes... I do have one judgment to make on my experience in Japan. NEVER TRUST A JAPANESE MAP!! A combination of misspellings, scale issues, and omitted streets promise you that you will get lost!