So Leah, Gina and I decided the day before that we wanted to go to an Onsen (hot springs bath). We headed out and took a train to a station not too far from Kyoto.
We asked directions from the people at the station and got pointed in a general direction. Let me tell you that the map [wasn't good]. Eventually we realized it was the wrong direction and tried another way. Two hours later we had asked 5 different people and got three distinctly different directions. By that point we [disliked] each other, and just went to Starbucks. We walked for 2 hours for a Starbucks.
We were too tired for anything really exciting so we went to a movie theater. Leah and I saw Frozen, Leah for the second time and me for the first. Gina saw Noah in English.
All in all, I thought today was all right.
From John:
Got breakfast at a café in Kyoto station, went with guys to the mall.
Looked at anime merchandise for about an hour. We went to Big Echo for karaoke and sang rap songs and J-Pop (Japanese pop music) for another hour.
After that, I went out on my own for a few hours walking around Kyoto Station, which was huge by the way, and eventually sat reading up at the top. There was a nice little park up there, but it was right in the sun, so I came back to the hotel and read there for an hour and a half.
If you have a lot of money, or even no money at all, you can kill a lot of time at Kyoto station.
From Parthan:
This morning, we went to an anime store but it was closed. So we walked around for a while. Once it opened, we spent an hour there and bought lots of things.
Then we went for lunch at a soba noodle shop. I had a large plate of cold soba and it was very tasty.
After lunch we went to karaoke. Then we went to a mall and went to an arcade. I lost at the claw (again). We then went to a currency exchange and waited for an hour in line. We then walked around for 2 hours and I bought dinner.
Kyoto was fun because the temples were so elaborate and big. There was also a lot of tech stores.
From Blake:
Started with the group of 5 guys, walking around for an hour, and then an anime store for an hour (sitting down and playing games waiting for them).
After that I broke off from the group. Started with walking around for an hour. Went to Bic Camera store and looked around. Went to a mall and ate lunch. Walked around a while.
Took a train to Zeze (ぜぜ) and walked around for about an hour and a half, then came back to the hotel and ate dinner. Now I'm writing this letter.
Sensei:
We had a long day, but a good day! Now we are on the Shinkansen (bullet train) to Hiroshima. The bullet train ride is amazingly comfortable.
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| At Japanese Inn (Nihonkan, Kyoto) |
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