Passports, check.
Walking shoes, check.
Curiosity and a sense of adventure, check...
There's lots of places to visit and see in Kyoto. It will be a great place to get comfortable in Japan. If you're you looking for some place that doesn't require going very far, try the train station.
Built in 1997, it has an observation deck on the 15th floor. A good place to get an overview of Kyoto. On the seventh floor on the east side of the station ride the escalator the a walkway on the 11th floor.
There's food courts and department stores. And its probably air conditioned.
Across the street from the station is Kyoto Tower. There are many izakaya (Japanese pubs) in the area.
From the station take the subway that goes straight up Karasuma Dori and exit Shijo Karasuma. This is downtown Kyoto. There are multi-storied department stores with specialty foods in the basement and playgrounds on the roofs. Some stores still have elevator operators the greet you with "Irrashaimase".
Om-rice is something I want to find in Kyoto. Its fried rice, wrapped in an egg omelet, covered with a demiglace sauce. Its common, its cheap. Its good.
I'm getting hungry thinking about it.
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Passport: check
anything else I need, that's what a credit card is for!
gaah! I'm getting nervous/excited!
About:
* meeting the gomonshu
* meeting my relatives
* translating (I know my Japanese is rusty!)
BTW. what sensei was writing about is "omuretsu" (omlet)... very common in the sit&eat restaurants in Japan.
Also "zarusoba" is SOOOOOO good on a humid day in nihon!!!
passport? passport we need a passport? ;)
Hmmm only thing I need is a bigger camera bag! :)
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