Omihachiman Station Hotel
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Kyoto
... the park. We ate some lunch outside the pavilion, after doing some souvenir purchasing. I really would have preferred to drink my kiwi juice and not have any noodles, but I wasn't allowed to sit in the restaurant without buying something. Ah well, the noodles were tasty, even if I wasn't hungry for them. We got back on a bus and made our way to the castle. The bus didn't take us directly there, so we walked the rest of the way. The humidity and sun's heat made the walk ...
Talas is putting a damper on our vacation
Today we visited the Kyoto Imperial Palace and had applied for a guided tour permit prior to our vacation. After our walk about the city yesterday, we realized that the palace would be walking distance from our hotel. We set out at 9am which gave us sufficient time to roam around the public gardens surrounding the palace before the tour. The tour started with a video explaining what we would be seeing and the course ...
The Culinary World of Kyoto
... was so salty that I literally felt like my blood pressure was rising as I ate the dish.
One strange thing I have noticed about the food here is that I have yet to identify a distinctive breakfast food. When I go into food establishments in the morning they have the same dishes they offer for lunch and dinner. As a result, I am understandably burnt out on rice, noodles and okonomiyaki since I eat those items 3 TIMES per ...
Kyoto - Round 1
Saturday April 2nd
After a leisurely breakfast we headed for Kyoto. It's only about 30 minutes away by train. We got off at Gion, famous for it's geisha tradition, and walked around the narrow streets. We visited Yasaka Shrine where Brian was very keen to join in and pull the bell to get the gods attention. We were approached by a tutor and her two students. She was teaching them english and asked if we would speak to them. That was ...
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