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I spent my evening up in the hills around Kyoto at a small pond called Hirosawa no ike. There, you could perfectly see the torii bonfire figure up on the hill reflecting over the lake/pond and there were people in boats releasing hundreds of multicoloured floating paper lanterns. Across the lake was a whole series of shinto and maybe buddist chanters doing a ceremony for hours before. Fantastic:D
I want to describe my whole day but I'll run out of time soon. Short version is, yesterday, my birthday, was wonderful despite the fact that I biked over 10km in 100 degree heat. I visited several kofun and went inside two different ones, saw the museum I wanted to see (and it was free that day), got into Kyoto and saw a fantastic lanterns on graveyard up in the hills thing. M.'s parents were kind enough to treat me to dinner in the Gion's district which meant a rather traditional meal and lots of tofun. Yum.
Today, went Shinsengumi hunting and found more than I bargained for (graves, sword marks, merchandise!), then hit up Nijo castle which is magnificent, though the nightengale floors were no match for my ninja walking skills! Evening, I hit up Kinkakuji which is magnificent to look at if rather sparse in most other temple visit areas. Then headed on down to the pond and here I am, back at my hostel, safe and freshly washed. MMm, cleanliness.
My feet hurt and I have a blister. I've also lost weight which, considering I left on sunday, is kinda worrying. So today, i made an effort to eat more calories and actually eat around meal times (I tend to remember lunch around 1 then forget dinner until 10pm cause I'm so distracted by purty stuff.) Of course, most places I want to see tend to close at 5pm so then i have time to actually go eat and stuff and all the night things I need to do are finally over. They were great but I'm beginning to wear thin. I discovered there's a display of ukiyou-e prints at the museum here. Must go tomorrow. Also hitting up all the main places I haven't hit yet tomorrow though i'm ultiamately skipping a few temples other people adore cause I'd much rather see the cool historical places no one but me and the obsessive japanese want to see.
I'll do a much better report on everything when I get back. maybe even pics. Ja ne!
I want to describe my whole day but I'll run out of time soon. Short version is, yesterday, my birthday, was wonderful despite the fact that I biked over 10km in 100 degree heat. I visited several kofun and went inside two different ones, saw the museum I wanted to see (and it was free that day), got into Kyoto and saw a fantastic lanterns on graveyard up in the hills thing. M.'s parents were kind enough to treat me to dinner in the Gion's district which meant a rather traditional meal and lots of tofun. Yum.
Today, went Shinsengumi hunting and found more than I bargained for (graves, sword marks, merchandise!), then hit up Nijo castle which is magnificent, though the nightengale floors were no match for my ninja walking skills! Evening, I hit up Kinkakuji which is magnificent to look at if rather sparse in most other temple visit areas. Then headed on down to the pond and here I am, back at my hostel, safe and freshly washed. MMm, cleanliness.
My feet hurt and I have a blister. I've also lost weight which, considering I left on sunday, is kinda worrying. So today, i made an effort to eat more calories and actually eat around meal times (I tend to remember lunch around 1 then forget dinner until 10pm cause I'm so distracted by purty stuff.) Of course, most places I want to see tend to close at 5pm so then i have time to actually go eat and stuff and all the night things I need to do are finally over. They were great but I'm beginning to wear thin. I discovered there's a display of ukiyou-e prints at the museum here. Must go tomorrow. Also hitting up all the main places I haven't hit yet tomorrow though i'm ultiamately skipping a few temples other people adore cause I'd much rather see the cool historical places no one but me and the obsessive japanese want to see.
I'll do a much better report on everything when I get back. maybe even pics. Ja ne!
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