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Big in Japan
Waiting room in Niigata railway station, Japan. There was a radio show
Our first night in Japan, Niigata. We slept in the railway station
Putting on a kimono in a hotel in Hamasaka
The kimono
To the bath
Ready for the tea ceremony
A chair in our hotel room
Some slippers. Blue ones are to be used inside, brown ones outside
Santeri doing horizontal meditation
Entrance to a Japanese bath
The bath
Showers are located around the jacuzzi in Japanese spas
Päivi sleeping on futon
There are two kinds of toilets in Japan, traditional and ultra-modern with electric seats
Päivi's room in Antaiji
Antaiji dining room
Sitting order, eating order and daily schedule
Our friend Rieko from Yokohama
On the left Mary from the US, working as the cook (Tenzo)
Rubber boots
Stove
Kitchen shelf
Dishwashing sinks
Oryoki set, used for complicated eating
Computer corner with a pc and internet dial-up
Zafu = pillow used under ass when sitting
Informal eating place
Rice is sorted manually
Rice sorting
The temple (Hondo) used for sitting (zazen)
Hondo's main entrance
Dinner is served by Tenzo
Antaiji library
Päivi and the bell that is used to call monks to zazen
A Japanese toilet
Worshipping the God of Toilet
Harri (from Finland) doing horizontal meditation
Isaac (from the US) doing horizontal meditation
Men's quarters on the 2nd floor
Santeri's working clothes
Washing machines
The bathroom
Showers
There were clocks and calendars everywhere
Santeri worked in the herb garden
Resting and smoking area
The vegetable garden that Santeri weeded
Antaiji had lots of modern vehicles and tools
Päivi's favourite: rice fields
Working gloves
Päivi's room
Päivi's pants after a day of work in the rice fields
Bathroom reserved for women
The zazen sitting room called Hondo
A sitting place with pillow called 'zafu'. You sit there 4 hours a day
Kyosaku, used for hitting those who sleep during zazen
The altar in Hondo
The clock that signals the end of zazen and the bell that is used for signalling
Sitting places in Hondo (the temple). Everyone sits facing the wall
The Hondo
Antaiji is located in the mountains
A view to the kitchen from the dining room
A Japanese TV crew was invited to visit Antaiji by the abbot
They disturbed eating, sitting, and working
They filmed everyone without permission and we were quite pissed off
The TV program will be a talkshow making fun of Antaiji
For us it was a shameful disgrace
A wishing tree including wishes like go-go girls, supermodels, sake shop, and sauna
From the left Mateus from Poland, Wako from Japan, and Daishin from Germany
Our tutor and Päivi's roommate Jikai from Australia
Amanda from Switzerland
Martin from the Chech Republic
The TV (s)crew arrives in Antaiji
We entered and left Antaiji because of love
A river near Antaiji in Kutoyama
In a restaurant in Osaka
Päivi and sushi
Funny-looking eatery
Osaka street view
Lots of people
Vertical carousel in Osaka
Evening falls, Osaka
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