Laforet Biwako
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Temples!
... beautiful. The ground surrounding it were also amazing, and the trees looked great because they're all red and orange at the moment. We left the Golden Temple, and took buses to the Manga Museum, which wasn't open, so we left for the Kiyomizu Dera shrine. On the way up we looked in every souvenir shop. The view off the temple was amazing, because the trees are all changing colour at the moment. From on temple ...
Lessons in Japanese culture, 1 - 4
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Observation 3: Politeness
Japan is already cool as ****, with a culture that could silence any American attempt at color, fashion, history, and attractiveness. And as I learned in lessons 1 and 2, they are the cleanest and most orderly people I have ever seen. They have every reason to be scoffing at the sweaty, stinky, blubbering American tourist. Not so. In fact, the first time I ...
Moving on up
Left where I was staying and headed for hostel which it turns out is great. First thing was to take a very long shower followed by washing my clothes and final having a mirror to be able to dry my hair in front of- I am my fathers daughter after all! Once again had a conversation in French and was asked if I was Canadian and was told after saying I was from NZ that I had really good French! Got chatting to an Ozzie at breakfast who suggested a bus pass ...
Kyoto
... is literally under the stairs with the washing machine. The microwave is in the hall on top of a fridge. There are 3 showers in the whole building, all on the ground floor. A nasty smell has been following me all day and I hope it's not me!! It's a sicky feety smell, and not nice. I'll get a shower tonight and see if it goes away.
The plus side? I have a bottom bunk with a feather duvet, and we seem to be in a pretty central location in Tokyo. And I have a spaghetti dish for ...