hope 4 japan part 2

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Another busy day. Early morning arrival at KansaiChristian School where the team led chapel time,Cindy shared a message, we prayed with thestudents, and passed out salvation bracelets and InTouch Messengers.

Afterwards we visited Nara Park to see the wilddeer and talk with school groups.

That evening we checked into our hostel in Osakaand did a prayer walk around a “seedy” part oftown.

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Nara Park is a publicpark located at the footof Mount Wakakusa.

The park is one of the"Places of Scenic Beauty.“Over 1,200 wild sikadeer (シカ or 鹿 shika)freely roam around inthe park..

Some of the oldest andlargest temples are inNara Park.

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According to local folklore,deer from this area wereconsidered sacred due to avisit from one of the four godsof Kasuga Shrine. He was saidto have arrived on Mt. Mikasa-yama riding a white deer.

These deer were considered inshinto to be messengers of thegods.

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FREE DAY! We took the train into Kyoto and went to Monkey Park. We then toured the city and shopped until evening.

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The park is on Mt.Arashiyama. It is inhabitedby a troop of over 170Japanese macaque monkeys.

The animals are wild but canbe fed food purchased at thesite.

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It was a sad beginning to our day – half our team left tofly home.

Paul and Rickie Clark brought the Shoners and Jamesto their home in Osaka to stay for the remainder of ourtrip.

The morning was spent at their church – we performeda few songs, Barb shared about our mission trip andJames gave his testimony. We enjoyed a luncheon withthe congregation following service (taco salad andquesadillas – a welcome change!)

Visited Kyoto again for a few hours, then the Clarkstook us to a Chinese restaurant, Japanese-style. It wasdelicious!

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We experienced the beauty of nature in Japan byvisiting Minochi Falls. Wild monkeys traversethe area and we were able to see one on the sideof the road. We had an opportunity to witness tosomeone at the falls.

That evening we went to a nearby park andpassed out In Touch Messengers to a group ofschoolchildren, and of course we played…Ninja!

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