Written by Today our Nishiwaki hosts took us an hour bus-ride to Kyoto. Here, we visited a temple and a shrine, a craft store, a textile factory and shop, and watched a kimono fashion show.
I had a chance to get some nice photos of all of these outings, and I have attached them below.
We had a great lunch at a tofu restaurant (who could guess there are so many ways to cook tofu?), with the exception of Susie who was provided with the “kids meal” which was a bento-box full of a variety of Japanese foods. I think this may have been to keep her out of the boiling tofu pot in the middle of the table.
Many of us also enjoyed a dinner-time visit to Kyoto’s incredible new train station/shopping mall, where, in the words of my host, it feels like you ride escalators right up to heaven. (The top floor of the train station is 12 stories above the ground, and the open air domed roof rises another hundred feet above that….unfortunately, it was late and I have no pictures)
We are spending the night at a hotel here in Kyoto.
I have much more to say, but it is getting late, so I’ll save it for another entry.
wooo!
WoW~ Those pictures are amazing! I really like ones with Cherry blossom because it makes every single picture look so nice.
Pictures from kimonos show look fantastic! Pretty sure Derek got jealous because of so many beautiful Japanese women. ( we all know how much my little brother love Japan.. lol)But if seriously, show seemed to be really good.
“Kid meal”? No way! I can spend week eating all this food…))Is it sea food? Looks really yummy..=)
Enjoy your trip ! ( even if I know you already do)
~Anastasia~
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I agree about the food! Lucky Susie getting a Bento Box for lunch! Although the Tofu sounds great as well.
With all of the pictures, I cannot believe how beautiful everything is – now I want to go even more than before. It sounds so nice to have hosts, like you guys do – it probably makes everything a little easier. Everyone looks really happy, too. I hope that is the case 🙂
is that Julie Brewer?
Was she there as a Renton resident or for the Bellevue Chamber?
Fun tour
What a fun tour you had. Is that where everyone washed their hands before going into the temple? Thanks again for sharing your trip.