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Tea Time!
... two of us (I'm assuming because we were the only foreigners there-as on our way out we saw several Japanese patrons waiting together to enter the tea house!). The tea house had a beautiful little Japanese garden outside. We were ushered into the garden to wait on a bench for a few minutes. We were then led up the small garden path and removed our shoes to step into the wood-floored hallway (or rōka). We then stepped through a Japanese shōji ...
Templing in Kyoto
... a dozen or so Zen gardens and is also home to the ever elusive Geisha community.
Arriving at the crack of dawn we quickly freshened up at our hostel and headed out to explore the surrounding area. Strolling through the cobbled streets of the beautiful old town lined with its leafy trees, we visited several temples, shrines and pagodas. You could roam about in the wooden built temples as you wished and if you loitered a little you would often ...
... 52 Weeks
... talking about my demeanor; I’m talking about my surroundings. I was in a comfortable hostel with a great new friend from Germany but inside I was lost. Then I read this little sentence that simply turned my lens and everything was brought back into focus. Sometimes it’s easy to lose my bearings and it’s hard to push forward when the trail seems to wash out from beneath my feet but keeping my eyes open to the good that surrounds me helps make sense of the ...
We love Japan
... het park. Wel nog even de herten gevoerd (Gijs iets te hardhandig waardoor het hert even van zich af moest bijten), maar daarna ook weer vrienden gemaakt. We moesten natuurlijk nog wel een slaapplaats hebben en na veel rondrijden resulteerde dat in een kopieer-ruimte van een hostel in Kyoto. Niet de allerbest lokatie (al sliepen de matrassen prima), maar echt alles was volgeboekt dus we hadden niet veel keus. Uiteindelijk werden we de volgende dag ge-upgrade naar ...
Gates, Gardens and Geishas
... we then headed over to the Gion district. This is the oldest part of Kyoto, where all the Geisha live and work in the Tea Houses.
For lunch, the guide recommended a Japanese Restaurant that had (Japanese Style) steak and chips on the menu as well as the more traditional fare, allowing the boys to satisfy their meat cravings, whist Mum and Dad tried the Tempura and Sashimi.
After lunch, and another short ...
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