On Wednesday we spend the day in Kyoto. It's about an hour by train from where we are staying and we get there a little after 11am.
By the way, this was the first time in as long as I can remember when trains were running late in Japan. I'm sure it happens often enough, I just can't remember the last time that happened.
We had no specific plan, just to take the train, stop by Yodobashi Camera to pick up a SIM card for my phone (which I can't seem to activate because you need a Japanese cell phone to activate it!) walk around, see the sights, get some food and then head back when we're bored or tired.
After shopping we end up at one of the bazzillion shrines in Kyoto - this one just North of Kyoto station.
By the way, this was the first time in as long as I can remember when trains were running late in Japan. I'm sure it happens often enough, I just can't remember the last time that happened.
We had no specific plan, just to take the train, stop by Yodobashi Camera to pick up a SIM card for my phone (which I can't seem to activate because you need a Japanese cell phone to activate it!) walk around, see the sights, get some food and then head back when we're bored or tired.
After shopping we end up at one of the bazzillion shrines in Kyoto - this one just North of Kyoto station.
In addition to gorgeous architectural details, it's full blast cherry blossom season and I keep taking pictures!
We get hungry for lunch and start wandering towards what we think is an area with high food concentration. Strangely, the most common sight in the area we were in were French restaurants. And I mean a lot of them!
Eventually we got to Shinkyogoku area, which offered plenty of unusual sights and food options! We ended up at a BBQ eel place, having unagi over rice, me with egg, Ben without. Then we headed off to Kaleidoscope Museum, which was a lot of fun (sorry, no pictures were allowed).
We finished off the day by having a lovely Kyoto style Kaiseki which you can read about and see here.
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