Gion Shinmonso Kyoto

... 10 minuutin päähän Kiotoon. Ja näin tehtiin.

Kiidettiin siis hirmu kyytiä Nagoyaan asti, jossa hypättiin ulos ja alettiin miettimään, että mitäs nyt sitten? Aseman näytöllä luki, että juuri on lähdössä juna Takaymaan, joten ei kun äkkiä ovesta sisään ja matkaan. Junan hurjasta diesel-murinasta jo kuuli, että nyt ollaankin sitten lähdössä hiukan erilaisille reiteille. Sen verran ymmärrettiin Japanilaista kuulutusta, että matka-aika Takaymaan on yli 3 tuntia ...

... mitään ihmeempiä suunnitelmia, niin tehtiin pikapäätös suunnata Kobeen katsomaan Lumiere valoteosta, jota on paljon mainostettu joka puolella Japania. Kobe Lumiere on muistomerkki vuoden 1995 maanjäristyksen uhreille ja se järjestetään aina joulukuussa. Vuoden 1995 maanjäristyksen uhreja oli kaiken kaikkiaan melkein 6500 ja aineelliset vahingot aivan järjettömiä, että mistään pikkujutusta ei ollut kysymys.

Matka luotijunalla Osakasta Kobeen kesti ...

... of youth culture. Much like Time Square in New York .... lots of lights and lots of shops. There were thousands of people on the streets. Went to a fantastic noodle shop for dinner ... had an udon noodle bowl with a soft boiled egg. Also ate some deep fried noodle snack. It was all delicious.

Stopped at Starbucks again before cathcing the subway home.

Sorry not able to load any pictures today .. will put some up as soon as I can.

... that would result from it! We did eventually catch our train back to Kobe, and in the meantime Bridget opted not to wander away from Eben and me anymore, for fear of any more embarrassing escalator injuries. One final train ride later and we were back in Kobe, and could see the lights of the MV Explorer calling us home. All in all, I'd say the Japlan worked! More soon - Love, Christie P.S. It has now been confirmed: Japanese people really DO toss up the peace sign in all of their picture poses!

... had the money we paid in one of her pockets and realised my mistake, paying us back the change, obviously surprised herself. Thankful for her honesty we cycled on for the rest of the day. The saddles turned out to be really uncomfortable and our bums was to hurt for days to come, we still enjoyed our little tour however. So we cycled to Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Heia-Jingu Shrine, Kurodani Temple, Kyoto Imperial Palace and Nijo-jo Castle before finishing our day at Gion like the day ...

... entertained. This was soon confirmed when 1, 2, and 3 geiko came out from the street we were sitting at and walked inside.... Then the food came shortly after. It was fascinating to watch. The best part was when a tour group came up the street with an English speaking guide to explain we were sitting in front of the Geiko School - where they learn the several arts of dancing, singing, tea ceremony and the like. Now it all makes sense. What dumb luck that we picked ...

... aveugle. On devait touche une pierre a un point et se rendre a une seconde roche a quelques metre plus loin, les yeux fermes. Nous avions besoin d'une aide bien sure pour se rendre vue le nombre de personne dans les parages. C'est la roche de l'amour. Les jeunes japonnaises nous aplaudissaient lorsque nous avons fait le trajet. Nous avons visite un parc, un mausole. Dans tout ce parcourt nous avons eu droit a des photos avec des ...

... back in the States out of the water. For lunch, we had to try a popular chicken skewer restaurant that was renowned in Japan. You wonder how a chicken skewer restaurant could be popular - well, try this place out and wonder no more. We had to order more as was becoming commonplace in Japanese restaurants for us. I don't know if you can ever have too much of a good thing in Japan. Later on that day, we finished off by visiting Royanji Rock Garden. It's the most popular garden in Japan ...

... called 'yuka' which is built on top of the river for dinner (it was a thank you for the lady who helped us. While we were at R's place getting dressed for Daimonji we found out that she studied tea ceremony. We begged and so she made us matcha and served us tea ceremony style with sweets. It was sooo much better than the bitter stuff I have had here in the States. We became very interested in this tea thing, and so the next day we went to Uji and did a tour ...

... de ale al final lo resumió todo: "siempre supe como llegar a kitty land pero nunca pensé que habría que irse". DONDE ESTA WALLY? O EL MUNDO DE LOS WALDOS. (por Alepunk) Otro de los enigmas en este viaje, es el cómo fuimos a parar a un lugar en el que TODOS los extranjeros son iguales?... Y no es sólo que sean iguales, es que son idénticos...incluso las mujeres, es increíble. Ahí les va el perfil; estudiante de ingeniería, o informática en etapa de "back-packer ...