Ikadachiminshuku
Travel Blogs from Otsu
Discovering the natural beauties of Kyoto
... Japanese control by the side of the toilet and clicked a button that looked like it may resemble heating....... Disaster. It was like a bidet switch and shot water at a powerful force upwards, quickly trying to turn it off, he managed to turn another on that shot it horizontally, and jumping off the seat we had some sort of waterfall display going on in the toilet.... They really should put English instructions!
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The Big Day
... had taken excellent care of them.
Of the floats, my two favorite were the boat-shaped Fune Hoko and the mantis-topped Tourou Yama. On top of being incredibly cute, the mantis figure riding the latter float was a fully-articulated puppet. The head looked around, and the arms waved, but the signature move of the mantis was when it flashed its wings like a peacock.
I'm not sure who did the calculations, but for some reason the parade guide estimated it would take ...
Shopping Day
... were all lush and green.
After that we walked up the 500m hill to Kimomizu Temple. It's in the Gion District. We didn't go in but from inside you get an amazing view of Kyoto...supposedly. It looked nice enough just being that high up anyways. By this point I think we all had temple overdose and we didn't need to see anymore.
For dinner we went to this Indian restaurant. Indian food is really ...
Kyoto and First Host Family-March- 22-27
... with a lot of garden room. The floors jingle when you walked on them, as a way to know if their is intruders in the castle. But ninja's had a special way-i guess against the wall- to get across the floor unheard. After going there we went to another Temple where the dad gave over another souvenir to the main monk and talked with him for a bit. Kind of like a business meeting, which is weird to think monk's doing. Then time for lunch at a sandwich shop and off to ...
The Cherry Blossoms
... problem here.and the Falafel is still wonderful even after 2 weeks.There is a spicy egg plant marinade mix that can used used in the sandwiches.
We have been snorkeling a lot! The water is 20 C, and the variety of fish and corals is amazing. So maybe just a couple of more days swimming and checking out the sea life and then zoom. To the land of senior Ninja.
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