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Day 47 - Cruising in Kyoto
... to a park sort of area. We passed a little school where the little Japanese kids were all running about outside - it was probably recess time, so cute !! A bit further along we saw a deep valley ahead, we had found our way to a river. When we got down to the bottom it was amazing. One of those picture postcard scenes. A beautiful slow river with people in boats, drifting along. The far side of the river was framed by a massive hillside covered in forest with, once again, the ...
Kyoto to Obu by way of Nashville
... that was octagonal. I made a great choice! It had pickled veggies, plain udon with soy sauce, some kind of pancake and a few other things – it did have a baby whole octopus, a fishy fish ball and a fried pork on a stick, but I happily gave those up to those around me. I wish they made these in the states.
On the fast train, it took 45 minutes to get to Obu city – what would normally be a 2 hour drive. Once there, we ...
Hanami and Elliot learning to walk
... One we set off, we checked out a local temple that was very impressive in its gardens. Then the rain kicked in! We had a coffee outside at a cute cafe and then walked past a rabbit temple before going to the Philosophers path. By now it was quite heavy rain, making the Cherry blossoms pretty but at some point it was just too heavy to spend it walking around the area. We walked up through the Philosophers path and there were some really stunning places with the trees over the ...
Memoirs of a Geisha
... recycle: he got quite confused as to where to put his empty can (hot coffee!) There was even a man sweeping the road accompanied by another man with a flag to warn drivers of his presence. And our favourite of all - a coffee machine that filmed and projected the coffee making process inside the machine whilst playing twinkly muzak!
We got to Kyoto precisely on time and went straight to our hostel, but actually it was much more in the style of a Ryokan (traditional ...