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Lesley Jones

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Home / Content / 2019 / September / Date: September 8, 2019

  1. Tuna salad

    Amazing tuna salad - and more shashimi

  2. More sushi

    and delicious cucumber pickle

  3. Appetiser

    We went back to the same neighbourhood restaurant - unfortunately it was the same appetiser as yesterday. Not sure what it was - v…

  4. Izakaya restaurant Saturday

    We strolled the streets around our hotel and by chance found a great local restaurant

  5. Kyoto sunset

    Roof terrace view

  6. Cake

    Chestnut cake, matcha cookies

  7. DIY tea

    The cake shop was too busy with 12 people waiting ahead of us, so we brought some back to our hotel

  8. So expenisve

    About £50 for a whole one

  9. Cake display

    Cake shop - gallery like

  10. Sweet potato cake

    There were many beautiful seasonal autumn cakes and cookies

  11. Zenkashoin

    A very old cake shop near our hotel "returning flowers and confectionery to their authentic state'

  12. Origami cranes

  13. Craft centre

    Buying a few souvenirs in Kyoto Craft Centre and finding free origami... not easy to inflate something so small

  14. Stepping stones

    Some stepping stones shaped like turtles

  15. Caroline overheated

  16. Sunday walk

    It was so hot that people were bathing in the river

  17. Japanese breakfast

    We ordered both and swapped each day. It was very freshly made, including the egg mayo sandwich

  18. Breakfast next morning

    Share Hotel style meant choosing breakfast at check ineither western or Japanese style. No buffet!

  19. Shared kitched

    reat idea by Share Hotel Rakura to have a cool shared kitchen for guests

  20. Panoramic view of Kyoto

    Morning view from the roof terrace

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