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Kyoto ... So Refined
... the tatami matted dining room. The dinner was in private room with small garden area and one wall took up an incredibly beautiful screen.
Imagine scenes from "Memoirs of a Geisha". We were treated to a dinner that was a feast for all senses. Leisurely, we cherished and enjoyed each lovely dish. At one point Takeshi asked us what possesses us to do what we do. Michelle said: "we ...
Osaka & one more day back in beautiful Kyoto
... one night, it was like a rasher, not 2 but just 1 rasher!! I could have eaten my hand, I was so hungry.
Toward the end of the day we walked down the Geisha district area where all the fancy restaurants were, hopefully to spot a Geisha!!! They are very hard to come across, as they take all the back streets, so they won’t be spotted. They hate tourists and never stop for photographs. Well, we didn’t see one; we saw two of them ...
Japan - A Fantasy in Two Acts
I wrote previously, half jokingly, about Beth calling me the worst travel companion but now, as we approach our last few days in Japan and reflect on the experience I am inclined to agree with her. We met up with Carl today - one of our trans-Mongolian companions - who had just arrived in Japan after exhausting his 30day Chinese visa. Beth, tired and run-down after a sleepless journey on the overnight bus from Tokyo to Kobe, crashed out in the room ...
Day 23: Last Bullet Train to Osaka
Like a few days prior, most of the morning was spent on bullet trains heading up to Osaka (~8 hours door to door). After many transfers and getting lost, I made it to the hostel at a ridiculous hour when realizing the distance was covered 4 1/2 hours, the rest was all the inter city transfers in Osaka. The KOMA guest house in Osaka is definitely the worst one I've been in on this trip, as there are small bugs running around and full of rude people ...
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