Today we woke up at 4AM to meditate Zen meditation. After that we joined to the Buddhist priests and prayed to Buddha. Then we ate lunch. The meal was a new adventure for many of us. We learned the rules, the prayers and the tradition of Buddhist meal. After that we cleaned the temple as part of the Zen practices. Professor Otmazgin taught about the differences between the Buddhists sects including the Zen. Then we visited Sake factory. At the end of the tour e=we tasted many different kinds of Sake. After that we visited the aquarium of Niigata. We saw many different kind of fish that located in Japan Sea. 2 hours we visited NST broadcast station. We visited the set of a variety show. After we were located at the hotel we visited Osuda Sensei’s house that is also a temple. At the end we ate dinner at the Buffet and talked about our feelings and our adventures during the seminar.
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