Berry's SEAJ trip Day 71: On to Ise (8/15/15)

After breakfast, we head out to Ise where we check out the grand shrine's grounds for an hour or 2 (cant get to the grand shrine as only the emperor's family is allowed in there) which has some really big trees and small replicas of the shrine so you can get a sense of what it looks like (it is behind fences).

Entry gate for the shrine. Lets explore!

Berry walking around the grounds finding buildings left and right.

Such a beautiful temple building.

Part of the shrine grounds.

Made it to the beach. So pristine and gorgeous. Berry wants to swim but we have some rocks to go see.

Found the marriage rocks and a frog friend for Berry to look at the rocks during this perfect day.

So the usual dragon water helper are a group of frogs here. Berry feels betrayed but is happy to meet new friends.

Berry checking out the marriage rocks from afar before we get closer.

Marriage rocks with a boat sailing in the background. Pretty sweet!

Berry looking out taking in the amazing view.

View out of the water from our place. Beautiful!

View down on the seaside village.

After that we check out the married rocks which are small rocks in the ocean with a rope tied between them. After that we check into our hotel which is a Ryokan, traditional Japanese hotel. It is pricey but nice. We spend some time in the onsen before having dinner (included in the price and good food). After we finish up dinner, we go back to the room and play some card games while having some drinks and hanging out. While we were at dinner, the hotel staff came in and set up our “beds” which were the futons on the floor. After the card games, we get some sleep.

Yeah that guy got it going on. Especially the tiger feet. This is my onsen attire for walking around this place. Pretty legit!