Trudging through the ice and snow to Nijo Castle, Toby found a very nice Sony phone lying on the ground. We looked around to see if anyone had obviously just dropped it, but no one was close enough. So he picked it up and we continued walking. We got to the parking office for the…
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Trying to reply to comments on the travel blog and for some reason it’s not letting me–the blog owner!–post them. Rest assured, we read and appreciate every one! Sent from my Apple ][+
Miyajima Island part 2
Is there fire yet?
Eerie
The wind is blowing and knocking snow onto the roof with a thundering sound. Might be a night for earplugs! Sent from my Apple ][e
Miyajima Island part 1
Miyajima Island on Wikipedia: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsukushima On December 31st, we spent the afternoon and early evening on Miyajima (“Shrine Island,” a nickname for Itsukushima, its name) because they have a fire-prevention ceremony in which people set giant torches on fire and parade them up and down the seafront. Sorry to say, there are no pictures of…
Bubbli
There’s this service called Bubbli (at bubb.li) that allows you to use your iDevice to capture your surroundings in a 360° bubble that you can then move around too look at. I just tested it out on the main room of the hanare (guest house) that we’re staying in in Arashiyama, a suburb of Kyoto….
Eating New Year’s breakfast at the ryokan
Eating New Year’s breakfast at the ryokan. And the food just won’t. stop. coming. There’s also a New Year’s liquor, which may just be plum wine. I don’t think I’ve ever indulged this early in the morning. Sent from my TRS-80
Tamahan Ryokan
I need to go through my photos from yesterday and pick out a representative few to show you before I can write up the Miyajima New Year’s trip, but I grabbed a few shots of our room at the ryokan in Kyoto before the sun started setting to show y’all. For those of you unfamiliar…
Made it to our ryokan!
The snow is falling heavily, and the taxi had to wend its way through tiny streets into the heart of Gion, the old quarter of Kyoto, but we made it. The place is exquisite, and snow makes it more so.
Midnight in the US
Central time, at least. Happy New Year, slowpokes! Sent from my TRS-80