Kyoto’s having a snowstorm right now. We’re eating at an Italian restaurant in Kyoto Station because there was a huge line at the elevators to go up to the department store floors with the restaurants. After this, it’ll be time to check in and we have to figure out how to get to the ryokan…
Day: December 31, 2014
View from the tub
Yeah, it’s kind of a pain to get into, but you can’t beat the view.
Hiroshima Now
From our hotel room – snow!
Fire!
More about the fire festival n Miyajima Island later, because we’ve gotta run for breakfast shortly, but here’s a photo of young men carrying a flaming torch, as the descriptions of the festival promised.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you schmoes still in 2014! Sent from my TRS-80
Thief
Sent from my TRS-80
Still cold
But they did eventually set things on fire. Sent from my TRS-80
Cold
Been standing in the rain for an hour at this festival and nobody’s set anything on fire yet. Sent from my TRS-80