Hello I see you came back to hear another one of Rosie meets worlds travels! I sure love them myself! I hope you do too! Here is a little trip she took that she didn't want to take but Dad forced Rosie to, then at the end she liked it. I think I definitely learned a very good lesson by reading this. I learned that you should never doubt things or people. In other words give everybody the benefit of the doubt!

Now lets get to the story. One day Rosie woke up with nothing to do so her Dad did some research and they found a temple! At first Rosie Meets World didn't want to go at all then her Dad forced her. There was a good reason that Rosie didn't want to go. It was that in Hakone it was super cold and she didn't want to climb up a mountain (that is how you get to the temple). Then she went out all bundled up in her warmest things. Some people with her even had 2 layers of socks on! But they all managed to climb up the mountain.

When they got to the top that is when Rosie learned her lesson. The temple was a beauty and she got to do traditional things. Rosie meets world did 2 traditional things, the first thing was…

(There was a church in the temple and there is a bell by the church entrance) the Japanese would stand in front of the church then throw a coin in the church then they would ring the bell and bow then clap 2 times and pray then they touch a very smooth block of wood. Guess what! Rosie meets world got to do that exact same thing herself! Here is what she thought about it, "I thought it was really cool even though I didn't know what that really smooth thing was but I have to say that my favorite part was ringing the bell!"

The second thing was Rosie Meets World found out that the Japanese before they go in a temple they go to a little fountain and pour some extremely cold water on their hands. Then they take another scoop and with that scoop they put the water inside of their hands and drink it and then spit it out. Rosie didn't know she was meant to spit it out and swallowed it. OOPS.

Those are the two things that Rosie meets world got to do. There were no directions so she learned how to do them by watching and following what the Japanese people actually did! So cool huh!

The temple was red and very big but it wasn't like just a very BIG house. It was outside and there were a couple little buildings that Rosie could not go in. On the way back Rosie and her family took a little adventure and went a different way. On the way they ran into a gate and there was a trail under it but she didn't go there because the trail led right into the water. Then they carried on and found their way back home. When they got home they were all very tired so they had a yummy dinner then went in the onsen then watched a Nikon movie about how to use a camera and fell to sleep.

P.s. A note from Rosie

The whole time I was at Hakone I was in a traditional hotel. That means they have futons and yukata and other cool things like that! Oh yes, a futon is what the traditional bed is. Usually the Japanese would live in one room (or a hotel) with more than one room but each family will get one room, one room that has tatomi mat as the floor. Then at night the maids put the beds out and that's were the futons come in. Then during the day the maids take that bed away and have very low table and to dinner and lunch and breakfast the Japanese wear yukata. Yukata are like robes but they are very fancy, you tie something around the yukata to keep the yukata closed because we found out from the man at the desk that there is a pledge here it is, "I will always were under where under my yukata".

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PSS. This story was practicing for me writing in the 3rd person. The 3rd person is instead of talking about the 1st person (I) and saying I did this, you talk about someone else and say SHE and THEY and things like that. Guess who the 2nd person is. YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!