Kyoto

Took the shinkansen to Kyoto. Everything seems hotter here. The tourist maps are terrible, but with some local help I found a very nice place. I stayed at an old, local ryokan (Nihonkan). An old sleep- and bathing hotel it seems. It had a nice onsen.

Ueno train station. Taking this picture made me realize that i had forgot my camera^^. I didn't try the Andersen pastry, but I will come back to tokyo and now this is on the menu.



Inside of a Shinkansen (bullet-train). It was a surprisingly smooth and stable ride. They have a cool sound when they are speeding up. A younger mother and her kid was sleeping next to me. And so I also slept.



The first japanese style bathroom. Handled in the fashionably sit-down-and-don't-care fashion...



I think that this is a hairdresser?



The ryokan where I first stayed in Kyoto. A nice internet arrangement with separate screen, keyboard, mouse and bluray player :) It could not run java apps though :(



Now we're talking old japan. Quite atmosphereical. Unfortunately I had the choice between aircondition blown in my face the whole time or sleeping in 30 degrees. I chose the last one and removed every piece of cloth in a 10 m radius.



View from kyoto tower. This is the shortest expanse of the city, but the most beautiful. Wait for the panorama movie :)