#Sakura Rokujo

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特公 by Tooru Fujisawa (2006)

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May 27 - Arashiyama Bamboo Forest / Arashiyama Monkey Park

Freewriting

Today started like most others, at 8 with a quiz followed by a hurried walk (jog) to our morning class meeting. In class today (while eating my breakfast bento) we discussed historic and modern forestry management in Arashiyama as well as the Sakai chapter of The Tale of Genji. Following our class meeting, we took two trains to Arashiyama where our first stop was the bamboo forest. The bamboo forest was both massive and dense, so much so that it felt like something out of a movie. While inside of the bamboo forest, we visited Nonomiya-Jinja Shrine (a key location mentioned in todays readings.) The shrine was smaller by comparison to many of the other shrines that we have visited in Japan thus far but it was really cool nonetheless (I especially liked the thick moss carpet growing on the ground by the shrine and how hidden it was within the dense bamboo.)

Our next stop in Arashiyama was one of my favorite places we have gone in Japan so far, the Monkey Park. It is exactly what it sounds like and it was just as awesome as it sounds. After a short but STEEP hike up a small mountain, we arrived at the area with all the monkeys. There were monkeys everywhere and they were walking right up to and past us. Some of them were adorable and some were a little unsettling but they were all unbothered by our presence. After taking a class photo and watching the monkeys for what must of been more than an hour, I went into the small building where you could feed the monkeys through a wire fence. This was a highlight for me, I paid 100 yen (like 65 cents) for a bag of apple slices that I fed to a bunch of the monkeys. The smaller ones put their hands through the bars and the larger ones would wait on the other side with an open palm. Both types of monkeys would gently take the apple slices right out of your hand before scarfing it down (it was very cute.) One monkey was very adamant that I should give him more, hollering with his little hand through the bars (almost like he was staying "gimme dat!")

After running out of apple slices, I headed down the mountain and into town to grab some lunch. In town, I had a sashimi bowl that was really good before walking around Arashiyama a bit.

Leaving Arashiyama, I headed to Round One to play some games with a few of the guys. After playing some maimai and DDR, I grabbed a few more gifts for people back home before going to MOS Burger for dinner (still not great, Japanese McDonalds is definitely better.) After MOS, I headed to Stay SAKURA where I turned in for the night!

Academic Reflection

Todays first reading was about the history of Arashiyama Bamboo Forest. More specifically, the history of Japan's protection of the Bamboo Forest dating back to the Heian Era. Back then, protective legislation was put into place in order to preserve Japan's resources. Today, the protection of Arashiyama Bamboo Forest is centered around protecting its scenic views and preventing erosion in the region. Since the Heian Era, Arashiyama Bamboo Forest has faced a multitude of problems stemming from poor legislation, natural disasters, rampantly expanding animal populations and even arboreal disease. Walking through the forest today, I was very pleased that the historic sight had pushed through all of these hardships. I also gained a deeper understanding for why historically, Japan has gone to such great lengths to preserve this natural wonder.

Todays second reading, the Sakai chapter of The Tale of Genji, related to todays excursion by way of Nonomiya-Jinja Shrine (which is located in Arashiyama Bamboo Forest and is a key location within this text.) Nonomiya-Jinja Shrine was constructed as a temporary shrine, intended for the future priestess of Ise. Within the reading, Lady Rokujo (also adressed in the story as The Girl of Nomomiya) who is a mistress of Genji, kills another one of his mistresses. To be honest, this reading was a little hard to follow for me, similar to the Bunraku reading from Tokyo. Due to Genji and Lady Rokujo, today, Nonomiya-Jinja Shrine is known as the shrine of lovers and has shed its temporary status, becoming a perminant fixture of the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest.

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Tentang Anime Tokkou - Wikipedia Anime "Shindou Ranmaru has just graduated from police academy and assigned to Tokko: Special Mobile Investigation Force. On the day of his graduation, he meets the half-naked girl he has been seeing in his dreams. Her name is Rokujo Sakura and she works for a secret group within Tokki, known as Tokko: Special Public Safety Task Force. Shindou ends up joining Tokko to avenge his parents' death, and solve the mysterious mass murder of residents in his hometown of Machida. Meanwhile, bottomless pits begin appearing around Japan, and mysterious creatures emerge from them. Could these events be linked to Machida Massacre?" (Source: DVD Complete Series Back Cover) Baca Lebih Lanjut Yuk di http://waifuku.web.id/anime/tokkou/?feed_id=10298&_unique_id=5d27f7c17d0f0 #wikipedia #wikipedianime #anime #animegirl #AnimeArt #AnimeBoy #animelover #animefan #animeworld #animegirls #animememe #animeedit #animecosplay #animestyle #animekawaii #animelife #animecouple #animefacts #animefreak #animemanga

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If tofu pro charas are strawberry panic: Jurina-Shizuma (obvs) Haruka-Kaori (???) Sakura- Nagisa (???) Mion- Tamao Shimada- Kaname (???) Yui- CHikaru HAHAHAHAHA

Either Mirurun or Kaotan would be the other bitch of the lesbian-evil-duo, what’s her name… Momomi? The one that explains what happens when bees pollinate flowers… LMAO I don’t know, I feel like Baby could be Rokujo Miyuki given the fight she had with Jurina and how she was just trying to protect her (TOTALLY ON CHARACTER LIKE???? IT’S BASICALLY THE ONE THING MIYUKI DOES FOR THE WHOLE ANIME????) and how she’s constantly looking over her… With her very not so subtle heart-eyes. With that said, Tamao is like the only character I truly really like in the series and oh my god poor Mion (altho I highly doubt there is any kind of romance between her and Sakura but… who knows!). And Nagisa is one of the characters I hate the most in the entire anime-universe for this exact reason (’cause she epicly friendzones Tamao after she had been there for her like legitimately ALWAYS, even when Shizuma threw shit in her face repeatedly). Also, if Yui is Chikaru then girls such as Nao and Renacchi etc. are those who are always following her (Chikaru) around whose names I really can’t recall but, yeah, those characters. 

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I want a second season >:l

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