Japan

Lesley and Caroline were lucky enough to be invited to attend a conference in Japan by colleagues. They flew from Heathrow to Tokyo Haneda airport, taking a bullet train to Kyoto on September 1st. After a week in Kyoto with colleagues from Japan and business associates from the USA, they travelled back to Tokyo - narrowly avoiding a major typhoon.

Another hot night in Kyoto
Yurika's last night in Kyoto
Kinkaku-ji

Thursday morning. It's impossible to take a bad photo here
Sweaty selfie at the Golden Temple

Our first day off. Forgot to bring fan - again!
Kinkaku-ji

Just beautiful- too early for Autumn colours, but still some pretty bossom
Gardeners everywhere

Everything looked immaculate - naturally
Wishing cards for sales

small wooden plaques, in which Shinto and Buddhist worshippers write prayers or wishes. The ema are left hanging up at the shrine
Museum of Fine Arts, Kyoto

We decided to have a look as we were passing, . Interesting building but the exhibitions didn't impress
The museum garden
Coffee shop

Kyoto is famous for coffee. We had really great coffee everywhere
Vending machine, Kyoto

We couldn't carry enough water to cope with the intense heat. We tried some Japanese soft drinks for variety
Calpis!

Sweet! Yadine seemed to like Pocari Sweat...
Buddhist statues

These are not unusual in Japan
Lady gardener

They all seems to wear the same gardener uniform
Tru-Vue girls

Yadine and Jennifer were our neighbours at the exhibition
Lunchtime Thursday

Back in the city, we found a great sushi restaurant near the food market.
Sushi sharing

I think it was called Kikyo Sushi, the prices were very reasonable for a big city.
More sushi

Fresh and delicious
Sharing lunch

Caroline and Yadine take in the view, before we start tasting everythong
Shiba dog cafe

The girls found a dog cafe nearby
Cat cafe

meanwhile I spot a cat cafe. Bengals!