The best food in the world !!!

Trip Start Sep 21, 2006
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Saturday, January 19, 2008

Kyoto seduced me in many different ways. It's packed with Buddhist Temples and Taoist Shrines, most of which are among the most beautiful Japan has to offer. Kyoto was home to the Japanese Imperial Familiy and was the capital of Japan from 794 A.D. to 1868 A.D. It was not too heavily bombed during WWII. Its more than 2000 temples and shrines still standing today make it the best place to go to try and understand a slice of Japan history.

But above any shrine or temple what made me fall for Kyoto is the extraordinary quality of the food. Absolutely everything I had here was delicious. The food is always very well balanced. Never too sweet or too salted, always just perfect. So many different tastes compete to get your taste buds attention. I spent four days here and it was by far my best food experience ever.
Shopping opps are great in Kyoto.
Shopping opps are great in Kyoto.
Things nearly impossible to find in Japan:
- A public bench: makes you wonder what the elderly do. Perhaps that's the trick. Keep them active and in shape and they won't need a bench to rest...
- Someone speaking on his cell phone in public places. In the metro and buses annoncements are made to remind poeple not to use their cell phone.
- A dirty place: Japan is the cleanest country I've ever seen, just ahead of Switzerland.
- A garbage bin: and yet the place is always immaculate. That's called discipline.
- A rude Japanese: their politeness is legendary. They're the most warm hearted, welcoming, helping and honest people I've ever encountered.

Andre.
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