Nara and Todaiji temple

The ambassador

I think she wanted to eat my beard....

he just decided to sit down right behind me

chillin

time to do some shopping!

I think they want something

ohhh its my food!

Look he's trying to eat my shirt!

I got my posse

one of the Guardians of the great south gate

the other

the entrance

its hard to get a photo that does this place justice

I'm going in

Daibutsu

Guardian of the beginning

a scale model of the temple grounds

The heads of two guardians

The guardian of the end

Apparently if a traveler rubs part of this statue, and then rubs the corresponding part of their own body, ailments in that part of the body will cease... This guy gets a LOT of foot rubs!

Temple ticket!

Cheesy Pose!

Cheesy pose, wide angle

Its a birds eye view of Nara (very flat except for the Todai-ji)