| Shrines, Castles, and Ducks Oh My! |
| Friday, 02 May 2008 | |
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So at around 12pm, we head out from Asakusa to Kyoto...  240 sitting curbside in front of the hostel  Playing Hide-n-Go seek with a minivan  Aboard the Shinkansen - Godzilla was here  Is it baseball season?  Inside the shinkansen  Nagoya Station?  Morning Exercise Gung Ho Style!  Vrooooommmm!  2 1/2 Hours later, we arrive at Kyoto station For people planning on visiting Kyoto, I suggest you hitting up the 7th(?) floor of the Isetan building for all the tourist information needed. Isetan is a part of the JR Kyoto station you arrive at. Also, as suggested by the people at the tourist information booth, it is most cost efficient to get around by bus. Bikes here are about $10 USD a day, which is a bit much compared to what we were getting in Asakusa ($3 USD for 3 days). I think the all day bus passes were going for $8 USD.  View of Kyoto from the Isetan Building  Another view from the Isetan  In front of Kyoto Station  Will trying to get a picture with the ladies  And let this segment of our journey begin! Since we really didn't have an agenda for the day, we picked the first interesting item off the tourist map and it was...  a castle!  Across the street from the castle  Oh... and there's a good luck cat  Denied! Crap! Seems like all the tourist attractions in Kyoto closes at around 4pm...  Along the walls of Nijo Castle  Ew, they make 4 door EP Hatches?!  What to do? What to do?  Sign says: You got served  One of the 4 corners of Nijo  Dinner?  Will in front of a shrine  Vermilion Bridge  Quack Quack  While Will wanders around...  I try to get the ducks' attention  Woohoo! It worked  Will holds a counseling session with the duck  Neat train station  Cherryblossomsaurus  This is heavier than a police scooter  Will's default pose  On our way back to Kyoto hostel Ok, so maybe this particular day wasn't too interesting, but we made it a goal to check out what laid behind the gates of Nijo Castle the next day. I think we ended the night with some kickass yakitori (and this wasn't on St. Marks). To be continued... Powered by !JoomlaComment 3.12 Copyright (C) 2007 Alain Georgette / Copyright (C) 2006 Frantisek Hliva. All rights reserved. |
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