Love Stoned: Kyoto Jinjo Shrine

So none of us are getting married…

Sorry if that disappoints anyone.

We went to the Jinjo Shrine’s “love stone” today. You close your eyes, touch one stone, and walk to the opposite stone about 10 meters away.

If you can walk a blinded straight line to touch the other, marriage is in your future.

Unfortunately, none of us made it. Andrew strayed the furthest, despite schoolchildren trying to help him in broken English-Japanese, then me (you can see me straying above) and Shane was closest. How appropriate?

On the upside, we are now in these children’s school yearbook: