Dear readers,
Sorry for the delay but I am back again!
The sensei
One of the last days of Kan Geiko, with a terrific sensei we studied ne-waza
(sorry I haven't figured out yet how to rotate the video)
After that the closing ceremony
After finishing Kan Geiko it was time for a trip
But before we left - electric city!
And while we were walking through the area, I saw an old acquaintance of mine (even though they gave her a funny colour).
That evening we took the nightbus to Kyoto, which was a relatively painless procedure. Once arrived we were in the middle of town - Kawaramachi Dori.
We then immediately went on exploring the city's rich heritage of shrines and statues
On the way we saw a nice little bookstore crammed with books. Unfortunately all in Japanese.
At the end of day one, we walked past a Korean grill which smelled so delicious we just had to try it out! Also we made some new friends. Bu the way, such a grill would be impossible to have in Europe, because after 5 minutes your eyes will be in such pain due to the thick smoke and poor ventilation, however this did not spoil the fun for us - and the food...... to die for
We decided the next day to get up early and visit kinkaku-ji and go for a hike
Truthfully I have rarely seen something of such beauty...
Then we went on to Ginkaku-ji to enter to daimonji mountain
It started of nicely, but since Marco-san did not pack his hiking boots, he was facing some difficulties climbing with his fasion-consious shoes on!
From a post we had some nice views of Kyoto
And walking through the forest..
Down the other side of the mountain we entered the grounds of Nanzen-Ji
Some of the wooden temples had been burned down, this was one of the only ones that remained, dating back to the 16th century
Then, on he way out, we passed a traditional Japanese garden
We hung out her for a little while to suck in the atmosphere. Afterwards we walked back into town to catch a bus back to our hotel and pick up our bags and catch that nightbus back to Tokyo
Before we hopped on, we saw went out to see an old castle
Then we went back to Tokyo!
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