A four-day trip to Kyoto with firstofmany
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| My Fuji view from the Shinkansen |
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| Shunkoin Temple |
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| Shunkoin Temple lodging, so nice! |
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| Shunkoin entrance gate |
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| Hanazono train platform |
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| Shibori tie-die workshop |
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| My shibori is ready to be dyed |
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| The reveal! |
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| Kitchen RakuRaku owner chef |
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| The chef serves a variety of deliciousness at the bar |
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| Great music playing at the bar |
Fly By Night Roast from Port Townsend, garlic rusk from Fouquet's, senbei with kuromame, Kentucky Gethsemani fruit cake!
My favorite park, 20 minute walk from home. High on a series of hilltops, lots of little nooks to explore. Many cherry trees will bloom here next month! It's a bit windy, and very quiet. A great place to sit and look around.
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| One of the many entrances to the park |
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| Beware the crow? |
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| Panorama from one of the summits |
The rice and tofu here are so good!
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| Kinpira style renkon (lotus root) |
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| Warm tofu with green onion, ginger and shoyu. |
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| Colorfully outfitted kids |
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| Ad from the TV magazine. No idea on this one, and esp. the bulldog... |
Walked to first's hotel today, about 35 minutes from mom. On the map below, Mom's place is starred close to the bottom (below Chiyozakicho). Hotel JAL is also starred, upper middle just the right of Kannai train station and the stadium.
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| Yokohama Stadium |
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| JAL City Kannai |
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| Silk restaurant in the hotel |
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| Lawson convenience store in the same block |
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| Turn to Yamashita park on the bay, couple of blocks away |
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| Chinatown east gate, few blocks away |
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| Crowded for new year |
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| Dim sum on the street |
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