Today, we decided to take a trip to Nagashima to see the November-May "Winter Illuminations" festival. Our hotel staff advised us to see the garden of lights at night, when the lights would really shine. The bus ride there was actually more confusing than I thought that it would be! Ryan, Rick, and I all studied the massive map sprawled out on the bus seat, only to see this:
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| Russell and Laiken's bickering didn't help our growing headaches. |
Thankfully, we met a fellow American who helped us out a bit, and we finally got an idea of where we were going. Kind of. Not really. I was glad that at least Rick and Ryan knew which exit was correct.
Soon enough, we stopped at Nabana no Sato Botanical Garden for the gorgeous light show. Using millions of tiny LED lights, many aspects of nature were recreated. We saw the sunrise at Mount Fuji, rainbows, and even auroras. We all walked around the garden and tunnels of endless lights for quite some time. I took some pictures!
By the time we got out of the maze, it was about 11:30pm and everyone was pretty tired. On the bus ride back to the hotel, even Rick passed out with his face plastered against the bus window. Laiken was drooling on Russell's shoulder while he had his mouth wide open in sleep. I stayed awake with Ryan so we wouldn't miss our stop; we played cards, but we were so tired he threw the cards across the bus and accused me of cheating.
Anyway, we got off at the correct stop and sheepishly slugged back to our Hostel room. Rick passed out in the hallway. We left him there. Eh, he'll be fine there until the morning.
~EmmaLi
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