Today (2 April) we needed a break from missioning around everywhere, so decided we’d do the domestic stuff and catch up on laundry. Started by visiting a little coffee shop that we’d been to a couple of days earlier. Coffee is just simple filter, but it’s done well and with a bit of ceremony. Here’s me waiting for it:
And then playing with the teeny tiny cream jug that comes with:
and Janette pouring some:
Doing laundry is of course an incredibly photogenic exercise:
But then we started off on a bookstore and CD hunting mission, which resulted in a fair amount of walking…
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And for a day that we weren’t planning to do much with we stumbled across a couple of wins. First was a legendary soba restaurant Misoka-an Kawamichi-ya.
It was fabulous. But as I’ve mentioned, most of the food photos will come later. For now:
The second stumble was a middle of the city cool little photogenic temple complex. Obviously photogenic ’cause these wedding photogs were hard at it:
More shots from in there later.
Back through what has been our hub for the past few days – Kyoto Station:
and then to our old favourite (we’ve been there three times…) Chabana:
And now for a real time update (6 April) – we’re back from the monkestry in mountains are are in Nagoya planning for the trip to the Toyota factory tomorrow. Accommodation is great (Japanese style, futons etc) and dinner was economical, local and delicious 