HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM JAPAN! Universal Studios, Osaka, Japan. October 31st, 2013, 11:49pm. HAPPY HALLOWEEN! YAY! Well, it's not exactly Halloween at home yet, but it is here! Today was a great day! Real woke up early to go explore the famous garden right outside out hotel. Then we had breakfast and found our way to the Universal City Station. There was a really short line to get into the park! It was awesome! I hoped that the whole day would be like that! Alas...

LAST DAY IN KYOTO: Omiyacho, Kyoto, Japan. October 30th, 2013, 8:19pm. Tomorrow is Halloween! The greatest day of the year! I'm so excited to get to Osaka and spend my favourite day of the year at Universal Studios! I'm predicting it will be the best Halloween yet! Today, still separated from Real, I explored some temples and shrines near our hostel. I had breakfast at McDonalds, and met two guys there. They were from the UK. We sat together and chatted about...

MY 19TH BIRTHDAY IN KYOTO: Omiyacho, Kyoto, Japan. October 28th, 2013, 11:21pm. Hooray! It's my birthday today! It didn't really feel like it was though. I think it's because I'm used to full on fall leaves blowing around. Apparently it even snowed back at home! Last year for my 18th birthday, my family and I were in Mexico for my birthday. It didn't really feel like my birthday then, either. Oh well! What a treat it is to be here in Japan with my uncle! Today...

SILVER AND GOLD: October 29th, 2013, 10:01pm. I'm so sorry! I sort of fell off the face of the Earth this week! I got so busy that I couldn't find time to blog! I think I did a good job keeping up before, though. I'll just briefly touch on what I did today: (And by briefly, I mean, here's a novel.) Real and I split up today. He wanted to go see many gardens in Kyoto, and so did I, but I'm pretty sure he had his mind made up that he wanted to go at it alone......

THE WAY OF TEA: Gion, Kyoto, Japan. October 28th, 2013, 10:31pm. Hello all! I just wanted to briefly talk about the Tea Ceremony we went to yesterday. I feel as though I didn't explain enough about it, considering it was such a memorable experience for Real and I. We went to a small place called, "En." I think the name sort of represent the actual ceremony, since it is from Zen Buddhism. It was a small room, altered to look like a Japanese-style tea house. It...