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A la carte
Everything was cooked to order in front of us
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Menu
Not expensive
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Izakaya restaurant Saturday
We strolled the streets around our hotel and by chance found a great local restaurant
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Tempura
Just to start with - delicious, everything was very tempting
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Roof Terrace
I love a hotel with a roof terrace - nice cooling breeze in the evening
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Kyoto sunset
Roof terrace view
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Quirky Rutubo
Betty Boop and Talisker
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Tatami corner
With the conference ended, we had moved to another hotel. Share Hotel Rakuro had good size rooms for the price - brand new with tr…
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Yukata
We shared a room for two nights to save some cash. All hotels in Japan provide pyjamas or Yukata and slippers
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Master printmaker
Mamoru Ichimura is a renowned wood block printer in Kyoto
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Article
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Mirror print
I was very tempted to buy this
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Rutubo
Great atmosphere. This was the day I had sea snails - once was enough
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Japanese lady print
A very beautiful traditional print
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Somebody's prayer
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More prayers
Choose one - write a wish on the back
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Lunchtime Saturday
We headed back to Rutubo
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Matcha latte
We called it a morning and went back down the hill for refreshments in a cool cafe
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Rickshaw
We passed two rickshaws, the driver stopped to take a photo for his passenger. Strong legs!
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Halfway point
Having left Caroline resting in a shady spot some distance back down the trail, I finally arrive at the halfway point of the climb…
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Monkey rules
We didn't see any monkeys or wild boar