Sunday 15 September 2013

Kyoto Mach 2

So the last Kyoto post recalled the temple/ imperial palace parts of our Kyoto trip - which were awesome, but the more touristy aspects.

The other part of our time in Kyoto was dedicated to wandering the streets for hours at a time, taking it all in! To the north of our hotel, towards the imperial palace, there were cool cafes, shops (including one very genteel antique shop that was playing uncensored ghetto rap on the radio - I was almost blushing) and our favourite coffee shop where a 70+ male owner made us siphoned black coffee amidst a group of middle aged men (exclusively) and clouds of cigarette smoke. Not to forget the French style bake house with some of the best bread rolls stuffed with nuts could be found.

To the south, we checked out Teramachi arcade, the charms of the beautiful cherry blossom lined river and Gion, where we for the briefest of moments, caught sight of a geisha hurrying down the street. We also checked out the Daimaru and other shopping malls, but we were much more interested in just wandering around the streets.

















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