Its not Halloween
30 October 2017
Exploring Sanjo Dori in Kyoto
I thought it was Halloween, I saw no one at all in costume, turns out its tomorrow, thats how much I know about that holiday (is it a holiday in t....
Equal best ever scenery
30 October 2017
Hiking Mount Atago then continuing to Arashiyama via Toriimoto
I am going to cut to the chase. Today was probably the equal best scenery I have experienced in my life, a tie with Yamadera / Omoshiroyama which ....
Better than forecast
29 October 2017
The temples and shrines of Gion
The rain vanished at about 5:30pm, thats a full 2.5 hours ahead of the forecast. I was convinced I would be getting wet again when I looked out th....
Rain concentrator
29 October 2017
Fog covers Fushimi Inari shrine
My rain dodging days have come to an end, today I was the single focal point of all the rain in the world. I knew there would be a lot of rain, I ....
Artful rain dodger
28 October 2017
Exploring Gion in the rain in Kyoto
Now I am in Kyoto and its time for more weather talk dribble. It rained most of the day but somehow I never got wet. I got back to my Shizuoka ho....
Drowning in a sea of tissues
28 October 2017
Sunpu castle and the view from the hills over Shizuoka
Right now I am on the train to Kyoto, a roughly 2 hour trip from Shizuoka on the slow train, and I wished I was on the fast train or walking. You ....
Repeat visits
27 October 2016
The Kyoto Yodobashi is very large
Sorry to my loyal viewer, but there are not many photos this evening. Main reason for this is, I went back to the same place as last night cause I....
Canyon mountain
27 October 2016
Hiking Mount Hiei in Kyoto using public transport
After spending some time researching I had selected my Kyoto mountain. There are not huge mountains near Kyoto but there are mountains, I chose wh....
They actually finished one
26 October 2016
The covered shopping streets of Kyoto
Kyoto has been completed. There is nothing under construction. Last time I was here everything was, including the big temple near the station, the....