Asahi in Togari, Iiyama, Japan.
Post box in Kanazawa.
When in Kanazawa one must have gold leaf ice cream.
Hitching a ride.
Hmm, looks like micro.blog photo posting is not working quite right⌠might drop like 5 posts on you, sorry.
Travel day today. Hitching a ride, Omi-Cho market, when in Kanazawa one must have gold-leaf ice cream, various views from the streets of Kanazawa, and the lovely garden at the house of a samurai.
Today we were attacked by Nara deer, visited âbigâ Buddha at Todai-ji (including practicing cleaning his nostril), checked out the lanterns and wisteria at Kasuga Taisha Shrine, and the torii gates at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine. Finding amazing bread while walking Naraâs small streets was đ§âđłđ.
Today was a low-key break day. Walked to downtown Kyoto via Kamo River, hit the department store bubble machines, shopped Nishiki Market and surrounding area, randomly discovered a 2D Tea Room at the market, found a record store (with listening stations â¤ď¸), and walked to all the stationary stores.
Meanwhile in JapanâŚ
We had a fabulous bike ride around Kyoto, seeing Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavillion), rice fields, and the no-crowd bamboo forest at Nembutsu-ji Temple. Oh, and then a tea ceremony, seeing the original Nintendo building a couple of blocks from our hotel, and finally landing at an izakaya with our kids. đ
Today we said goodbye to Tokyo, rode the Shinkansen to Kyoto, visited Kiyomizu-dera, walked in the rain through Sannen-zaka, happened into a Gion Festival parade, and wrapped the night on the rooftop overlooking the Kamo River.
Today we learned the way of the ninja, ran into an unexpected festival, gathered around the tiny ramen table, and visited teamLab Planets. (And lonely time with not-pictures friends.)
Gonna miss this view.
I grew up on the Metrodome, so this is absolutely mind bending.
Stationary shopping, Ginza walking, SensĹ-ji Temple visiting, people watching, Skytree seeing, tuna salad eating, McDonaldâs delivery âwhat?âing, and tiny door spying. And the dayâs not over yet.
Pretty pretty pretty good start to Tokyo.
Morning view.
Leaving for Japan tomorrow. A friend sent me this helpful “intro to summer” video to prepare.
In 4 days we head on vacation to Japan and South Korea. We are beyond excited, and a little anxious. Sorry in advance for all of the pictures. đ
Writing elsewhere - I wrote about how we built Quack (Beta).