Kyoto Shines · 2007-11-26 21:16 by Raise Plow
Well, here we are in Kyoto, Japan. We were in Kanazawa last week. My camera broke. well, my cell phone software is buggy. so i must wait for all my analog photos (bought a roll of film camera), and remember not to put them through the x-ray machine at the airport! How strange to be without immediate gratification! Except for Kyoto… We’re staying at a Ryokan in Higashiyama-ku, sleeping on thin futons on tatami mats. And the huge Chion-in temple is about 200 yards from our front door. (nearly instant tourism gratification) And otherwise we are surrounded by shrines, emperor’s gardens, and the massive park, Maruyama-koen. Hooray!
picture by Oliver Dalzell
Kyoto is amazing. And I really like Japan. (I’m on tour with Basil Twist and crew with a puppet show inspired by an old japanese art form called, Dogugaeshi. see: http://dogugaeshi.blogspot.com )
observations: they take recycling very seriously. They smoke in many more places than Americans are allowed to. The warm toilet seats are very welcome, but the fake sound of rushing water while doing business is Distracting!
