Well. The week has come and gone and that’s not saying much since I only had to work two days. Yeah, that’s right, last weekend I had a five-day weekend thanks to a couple lucky breaks and an awesome Japanese law. Silver Week is the merging of two holidays: Respect for the Aged Day on the third Monday of September and the Autumnal Equinox on September 23. According to Japanese law, if two national holidays are two days apart from each other, then the day in between them also becomes a holiday resulting in Monday through Wednesday of work off. Sorry for the delay in the photos, but I’ve been a lazy bum since this was one of those “busy” vacations. It all started when Alli and I hopped a bus to Kyoto and made our way to Osaka and Lake Biwa – the largest lake in Japan. But don’t take my word for it. Here are a few pictures you can judge for yourself:

This is Lake Biwa. It's so vast you can't see the other shore, even on days that aren't foggy.

Okonomiyaki with Alli and my friend Shiho. Shiho and I were in the same classat Koriyama High School.

The entrance of Shitennoji Temple.

The bottom of the well at Shitennoji Temple in Osaka. It reflects an awesome dragon painting on the ceiling above the well. I could have stared at it all day.

Alli rocking out her capsule.

The sweet digs you get at a capsule hotel. A bed with a TV. For only $15 a night you can't complain.

Kyoto Tower. Nuff said.

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