An email

Dear Martha,

I have a lot to tell you about this trip I made to Tokyo THE BEST OF LIFE! I am writing this email from the hotel but luckily I bought a portable modem to be able to have wifi anywhere I am so I can be aware of when you answer me.

Tokyo is wonderful, but of course, I didn't stay only in Tokyo but I traveled to several places so I come to tell you some things that I learned from.

I found some statues that call them "Jizo" they are beautiful but their history is not much; in the whole subject of Buddhism, the Jizo are the protectors of children. Sometimes they go to them in gratitude for having cured some child's illness but most of the time, parents come to mourn the deaths of their children and put bibs, hats, scarves, any type of offering. They do this because Jizo protects the souls of children who didn't reach birth or who died very young. A little sad, right?

I also knew the Sensoji temple, it's the oldest in the world, as it's in Tokyo, a large number of religions coexist in this temple like Buddhism and Shintoism.

Remember when we talked about the Torii? I managed to see, these Shinto doors mark the entrance to a sacred place; formerly they were made of wood but with the time of modernization they're now made of steel AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THEM INSIDE THE CITIES!

I managed to take a picture with the great Buddha of Kamakura, his story is really curious (I'll tell you so you can feel my emotion). They built it around 1250 inside a temple; a tsunami destroyed the temple but the Buddha didn't have a scratch. After the tsunami they rebuilt a temple and the Buddha was again inside but another natural disaster knocked him down and guess? THE BUDDHA FOLLOWED! Surprising. The monks at that time took a sign that the great Buddha didn't want to be locked up so he is now outdoors and is really huge! It measures 12 or 13 meters high, so I looked like a flea at its side.

Also, I put on a Japanese hat, they call them Kasa. You know his story but I'll repeat it in case you forgot. They created it since the farmers cultivated in the rice fields, its form is because it serves to protect from the sun and also allowed them to work in the rain because, by its form, water drains without problems.

Well, the truth is that I have too many things to tell you but if I tell you all now it would be a long TOO mail so until here I come with my experiences (for now). I hope you get very excited while you read it and you encourage it to come, so someday we can travel together, can you imagine?

I hope that some time squares us to be able to make video call and continue telling you, I miss you friend, I love you. A hug,

Camila

PSD: I send you a picture of a cherry blossom, which I know you love!