All I Can Do Is Smile c: : Our 7 Day Trip: Day 7

On Sunday we went to church with the Wadas! As much as I was grateful that the LDS church is the same worldwide, I still had a hard time concentrating due to the fact that I didn't understand a word. I got the general gist, said "amen" when I heard everyone else say it, and partook of the sacrament because the prayers are the same. It was a good experience!

Afterwards AJ and I decided to go to Nara before we made our way back to Yokota Air Force Base. Nara was my day's favorite place that he served and he made it clear that we would love it.

And boy did we love it!

Nara is a small town that has some amazing tourist attractions. It is kind of out of the way, though, so it isn't as crowded as other tourist spots. To compare it to an American town, think of some place like Jackson Hole, WY.

We didn't have too much time to spend in Nara, but we picked our #1 and #2 sights-to-see and we made sure we saw them!

#1: The Sacred Deer of Nara.

The deer of Nara are sacred and roam the streets down by the temples. I love them. They are so cute and LITERALLY BOW to you when you give them a cracker. There are street vendors that sell hay-crackers for the tourists to feed the deer. Did we do this? Yes!

Look at his smile! Best ¥150 we ever spent

The deer bowed to us and it was a fun experience. Then one female deer decided she was still hungry and kept pestering me! Her plan of attack was to literally attack me in order to get more food. She bit my stomach and my butt! AJ had to (lightly) kick her to try to keep her away from me and finally I had to run away frustrated.

Did I mention she bit a hole in my bag?

Not all the deer were that bad. Here are some of our happy pictures:

My new FAVORITE picture of AJ. Love that smile.

Our #2 sight-to-see was the largest wooden building in the world. It definitely did not disappoint!

Seriously this building was so massive. Look at how big it is compared to the teeny tiny people going in the front gate. When we turned the corner and saw this, AJ and I thought it looked like CGI in a movie. It was absolutely breathtaking! No wonder this was my dad's favorite place! Surprisingly the current building is 1/3 the size of the original wooden structure. Actually maybe it isn't so surprising since the Japanese people celebrate FIRE festivals in their wooden temples. Even at 1/3 the original size, it is still the largest wooden building in the world. Amazing.