Fuchimotos and their friends gave us a GRAND tour of a nearby temple. We walked around for two or more hours and had the history of many things there explained to us. It was a truly unique experience. One that maybe even many Japanese people do not get. The man in green (I am sorry I can't remember his name) is a monk who lives at this temple. His wife is the woman on the left. In one shrine, he even opened a special area that is not for the general public and told us this could only be seen once every 12 years. I'm not sure if that means each person can only see it once every 12 years or if the statues themselves cannot be viewed by anyone except once in 12 years. Anyway, that was interesting. And before we left, they had a short ceremony where a couple of the monks prayed for Jonathan and I. Two have monks pray a blessing over you is usually quite expensive, so for us to given one free of charge, as it were, was a humbling gift. However, during such ceremonies, it seems customary to sit in the position of seiza - where you fold your legs underneath you and sit on the backs of your legs and your feet. Japanese people are very good at this. But Jonathan and I both had trouble. Our legs kept falling asleep and tingling or hurting. I was embarassed cuz I kept fidgeting during this serious ceremony. It was only about ten minutes, but by the end I had given up and just returned to indian-style. Phew...