Wachi Yamanoie
Travel Blogs from Kyotanba-cho
Temples, Graveyards and Roman Aquaduct Kyoto
... busload of Japanese tourists *This is always interesting to me...you never see a horde of Aussie tourists running around Southbank..and yet, Japanese are always on it for spending the cash in their own backyard.
The temple itself is immense...and it is a steepish walk to get there along a street full of souvenir shops and restaurants - we opted for a slightly different route which led us adjacent to this street but up through a massive Japanese ...
In a society of perfect law and order
... probably have the most self discipline of any people on the globe. In regards to cleanliness and orderliness they even put the Germans to shame. One place that you can observe this behaviour is train station. Door markers are painted on the floor of the platform so you know where to stand. Long before there is a train in sight the Japanese line up perfectly on both sides of the door marker. For some train lines there are even markers for the people lining up to ...
Stars in my eyes
... come true. It was pretty hot out, so Nicholas used one of his game tokens for us to get shaved ice. We were able to get a seat in one of the little pavilions where you sit at a low table on tatami mats, overlooking the grounds, which was lovely. I can see why this site would be particularly popular in the fall, when the leaves are changing colors.
Next stop was the manga museum. After spending five hours at the museum the day ...
Couchsurfing at its worst
... br> I have just been asked if all English women get crude and offensive when drunk as Masato was told this by a couchsrufer, and I answered that some do but that it is a huge over generalistion! Some of us don`t need alcohol to be like that it is a natural talent ;-)
Obervation (14) people are not used to seeing women with a tattoo and I keep being molested by Japanese trying to rub my tatoo off. It is the most action I have had in months;-)
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Kyoto - land of the famous bamboo grove
... as young as they used to be) so up a tiny little set of stairs and yeah, we see people sitting on chairs and we were very relieved! The food was amazing and again, we were so relieved that we had managed to pick a lovely place to eat and enjoy ourselves!
Back to the hotel for a long deserved sleep - Bill had downloaded some movies and a couple of sci-fi tv shows onto sukoshi (a netbook for those newbies to my blogs - it means small in japanese) for us to ...
