That is fail.
Or a test on how stubborn that you can be. After being constantly lost, concluding that my map is missing a lot of very real roads and discovering that my map is also missing streetnames, then an old japanese man bikes in front on me for 10 minutes until we get to the right hostel. Thank you japanese man! The hostel is very cozy (I'm writing from there now) and I was greeted by Ai, which also was the one that had the pleasant fortune of having me hanging up on the phone, while trying to make the reservation. The place had a bad, which was immediately taken in use.
After that I was recommended a local sushi place and that sushi was great in every way :) It came in sort-of a lunch box, with a layer of rice on the bottom, and different kinds of seafood (saschami) on top.
Then I went for another shower.
Afterwards I decided that it was time get lost with the bus system. Since I had to wait for 20 mins for the place that I wanted to go to, then I can simply take another bus to a place that might be a temple. The flawless plan was executed with perfection and I ended up in some place. That place is a famous zen-garden and temple. And since I don't like temples, I have to say that the zen-garden was kick-ass quiet. Very elegant and beautiful. Good for a change. The macha icecream that I had before entering the temple also did it's part for making 35 degrees bare-able (and tasty).
I also fell into conversation with a japanese mom with her two daughters. They have only five days of vacation in japan, so choosing to spend three days in Kyoto, really says something about the city. In the end, they were also responsible for me finding the right bus back.
Then I saw the Heian temple, which was okay. By asking a local man on when local the museum was open, I got a guide for the next hour or so. And not for the museum for that was closed. But I got to see a lot of other places in the city and to learn that the river flowing through Kyoto is called the duck-river (there was some ducks swimming on it).
Getting very hungry, I walked around for half-an-hour, or so, and found Apollo which turned out to be a nice place (and slightly on the pricey side = 225 kr in total, for three dishes, beer and juice). I had some nice conversation with the chef, Sei-chan, which showed me that the restaurant was featured in fashion magazine.
Then home, onsen and blog, blog, blog ^^
See you tomorrow.
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Kyoto bear restaurant?
Mmmm, lovely drinks based on 100% kittens - no additives!
Fantastic sushi lunch!
Girls playing in the middle of the big duck-river.
If it's from asia and it says "healthy" on the bottle, then surely it must be good for you!
Actually... it was quite good.
Yum, yum. Macha icecream. Also had to stop for another one on the way out! (no! it does not look like yoda's feces!)
Zen garden
Me in zen garden (btw I'm planning on creating a zen/programming t-shirt)
Me and Keiko, which was the nurse that wanted to practice some english and help me get along with the bus system. Thanks to her, I learned that the japanese only have five days of vacation. [I didn't feel to say that I have six times more..]
The torii in kyoto. Btw, it's very very big.
At the Heian temple. Looked like a wishing tree. People had written notes on paper and put them on the tree.
The Heian temple entrance. This makes me conclude a point about big temples: They are big, end of story.
The duck river. A stranger walked me around for an hour, trying to speak english and find me a map of the local onsen.
Dinner at the Apollo. Apparently a famous local restaurant. After learning the words for "todays special" (kyo no tokubetsu) eating out has become more interesting. The local dish here is snake. (or maybe eel).
And Tempura for the main course. 10 deepfried grill screwers. Tasty.
Old trance album on vinyl!! yea. I'd but it except that I have no space to bring it and I don't have an old record player.
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