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Taxi view
We passed the famous Starck building for Asahi on the way to the hotel
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To the hotel
We took a screen shot of the hotel location, as taxi drivers don't speak English. It was evening rush hour at the station and with…
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Fuji view
A glimpse of Fuji in the clouds
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Department store
The huge department store inside Kyoto JR station has an escalator leading as far as the eye can see
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A moveable feast
Fast moving bullet train - I had to try to sharpen this image
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Looking for lunch
Food shopping in Kyoto station
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Appetiser
We went back to the same neighbourhood restaurant - unfortunately it was the same appetiser as yesterday. Not sure what it was - v…
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More sushi
and delicious cucumber pickle
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Tuna salad
Amazing tuna salad - and more shashimi
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Monday breakfast
era style - here's the egg mayo with a salad and half a banana So healthy and actually delicious
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Delays
We spent the morning shopping in Kyoto station while waiting for the typhoon to pass. It's a huge station with a lot of large shop…
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Sweet potato cake
There were many beautiful seasonal autumn cakes and cookies
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DIY tea
The cake shop was too busy with 12 people waiting ahead of us, so we brought some back to our hotel
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Cake
Chestnut cake, matcha cookies
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Cake display
Cake shop - gallery like
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So expenisve
About £50 for a whole one
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Origami cranes
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Craft centre
Buying a few souvenirs in Kyoto Craft Centre and finding free origami... not easy to inflate something so small
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Zenkashoin
A very old cake shop near our hotel "returning flowers and confectionery to their authentic state'
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Sunday walk
It was so hot that people were bathing in the river
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Stepping stones
Some stepping stones shaped like turtles