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...alternative” lifestyle. While you may have worked harder on it than, say, your senior thesis, you reluctantly dismantle your life-size replica of the John Harvard statue made entirely of empty Bud Light cans. Relieving it of its duty as a support for your broken futon, you pull out your calculus book and, after removing its shrink wrap and highlighting random paragraphs, place it on your desk open to the most complicated-looking page you can find. Finally, you remove your two favorite posters from the wall, including the one that depicts a keg and reads...
...Koya, Mount Shosha and Mount Hiei, all provide lodgings (Mount Koya alone has more than 50 shukubo), as do the hillside temples surrounding the ancient capitals of Kyoto and Nara, where well-trodden pilgrim trails make finding shukubo relatively easy. Levels of comfort vary. In many shukubo, a thin futon, a chaff-filled pillow and nothing but paper doors between you and the next snoring pilgrim are the norm. But others can be surprisingly refined, with delicate flower arrangements, swirling calligraphy on the walls and views of carp ponds. Bathrooms and toilet facilities are typically communal. So are morning prayers...
...hours by train from Tokyo - might be recognizable if you've seen The Last Samurai, scenes from which were filmed in the courtyard of its daikodo, or Great Hall. The rooms at Engyoji, tel: (81-79) 266 3240, are rather less grand but pleasant nonetheless, simply furnished with a futon and an urn of green tea. There is no dawn ceremony but private meditation sessions can be arranged. RENGEJO-IN: This beautiful temple, tel: (81-73) 656 2233, is located atop Mount Koya - a place of pilgrimage for over a thousand years, home to Japan's oldest Buddhist sect...
...gave a different story, saying that “she wished this whole case was dropped,” according to court documents.“He started to flail his arms and may have hit her and this may have caused her to fall back on her futon hitting her back on the bar,” according to court documents. The victim also told the district attorney that she and Thomas were still close—and that after he apologized to her and her parents, she forgave him.Sherwood said that when the victim has a relationship with...
...him.Enumerating all my roommates’ faults makes me wonder if they enjoy living with me. I’m a pretty husky guy, and it’s a minor miracle when a week goes by without something being broken by my super-sized hands or feet. Our futon is currently on life support because I cracked the frame when I sat down on it. Come to think of it, you should probably avoid roommates like me, too. I suspect I am only part of this blocking group because they needed someone who owned both volumes...