Kyoto - Day 10

Today, was mostly a transit day. We took the bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto. The bullet train was incredibly impressive. As we stood in the station and number row by 223 miles an hour.

The ryokan (our third) is quite elegant with three kimono clad ladies at the front desk, automated electric toilets and most impressively a deep cedar tub in its own closet.

At night, Ben found a bar, two doors down and we closed it down drinking best with a bilingual woman, Kurka. Her partner, Akira looks like s genuine samurai but with a great sense of humor. I asked for all kinds of crazy questions about Japan. She owns 10 kimono.Read more