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Day 2 - Shinsaibashi
... and got the shock of my life. I immediately stood up in fright and had the water follow me. Lets just say - I had a shower. The laughter from both cubicles was ongoing and very hard to stop. After feeling abused by the toilet, Nat asked me if she should try it. I knew my real answer but couldn't resist in saying "of course, you must try it!". The issue with Nat's sprayer is that it just didn't stop. Initially it was hilarious and ...
Deer Gone Wild
... a Heineken and some water while we waited for our friends to get back. Then we took the train to Nara where we walked through the city to get to Nara park. It very interesting here because each city has its own specific design for its manholes. They are very pretty. I still had a bad headache and had hurt my ankle at the train station earlier so Bryce was helping me hop up all the stairs.
At the top Bryce and I got a prayer book. This is a book you give to ...
Bring on the Sushi
... the restaurant from the night before as a small gesture of my appreciation.
Kyoto is a grid so nice and easy to get around I found my hostel no problem thanks to the perfect directions they supply down to the smallest detail and simply dumped my bag grabbed a map and hit the streets. The streets seemed quiet but it was Sunday so I don't know if that de a difference. I just walked up towards the imperial palace gardens abandoning my initial plan of going to Nijo castle after ...
The Golden Temple
... in 1965 and has been continually restored since. The entire thing is painted in pure gold leaf and surrounded by a lake. Aside from the villa, the grounds feature extensive gardens and a pond. I'd imagine the site looks better when the sakura, or cherry blossoms, are blooming. Right now it's winter so all the plants are dead. There was also a Buddhist shrine on the grounds which was available for prayer.
After leaving the Golden Temple, ...
Hikari Renaissance & Shinsaibashi
After staying a night in Kobe and viewing the luminary, we went to Osaka for a night to see the Hikari Renaissance light festival and the Shinsaibashi area. We began our evening with dinner at a Mexican Restaurant called, El Panchos which is very popular with foreigners in Japan. It brought tears to my eyes to have delicious Mexican food that was the closest to Tex Mex since we had moved to Japan. ...
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