I visited the Sanjusangen Temple today in Kyoto. It is most famous for the 1001 statues of the Buddhist deity, Jichimen-senjusengen Kanzoen, also known as "Kannon". The statues have 40 arms each (apparently one guy with 40 arms can do the same amount of work as 1000 guys with 2 arms). There were a zillion of these statues. Unfortunately, photography was not permitted inside the temple. You'll just have to come to Kyoto and see for yourself.

At the end, I purchased my fortune for ¥100. You can get a fortune anywhere from "most fortunate" to "not fortunate" which has a very deathly looking Japanese symbol associated with it. My fortune, below, is most fortunate.

The rest of the document has my fortune written out for me. You can see my fortune below. Now if only I knew what it meant... (keep reading)

(Hint: put your mouse over the fortune above)

I've been saying that alcohol is a medicine for years! Profit...How did they know I work for a startup??? The one I find amusing is the soul mate "will come." What if I was married and got this fortune? Scandalous!

Written at 5:11pm, Sunday August 26 in Kyoto.