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Whole Day With Hosts, Ceramics
... clear noodles, mushrooms and onions. It was served with rice and vegetables. After tea we watched TV for a bit, and I returned to my room. At the pottery studio, the man teaching us didn't speak much English at all. I did understand most of what he said though, by listening for words I knew and then filling the rest in, and Manami translating. When the man was explaining about where the inspiration for ...
Kyoto
... wood separating murals of pine trees and peacocks. There were hallways and sliding doors separating all the rooms. The hallway seemed to wind around each room so that one side of the hallway was always on the exterior. In fact, the windows were merely covered by paper so light was let in, but not too much that it would damage the murals on the walls inside. The castle was built with only one story so it was spread out. It was built in 1603 as the ...
Kyoto - Day one!
Japan's population becomes glaringly apparent: Japan loves its public holidays as much as it loves its Kyoto. Too bad these things had to coincide for the day that we also decided to go and give Kyoto some love. We couldn't even get a seat on the Shinkansen it was so crazy busy. The we queued up to get a map, queued up to buy a bus ticket and then stood on a overcrowded bus for the next 30 minutes while ...
Kyoto: the tourist city
... kind of nigiri and other sushi they have, but fortunately they also have the option for english texts so I can read as well what I order. As soon as your special order is ready, it actually comes towards you on a separate conveyorbelt above the normal one. With a mini-Shinkansen, your plates stop directly in front of you and as soon as you have offloaded the train you press a button to send it back to the station (kitchen). The selection they ...