Sayonara Kyoto
It is with sadness that I leave Kyoto behind. I hope I come back soon to this mysterious city (both ancient and peculiarly modern)---so I can learn more of its…
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November 9, 2013
Getting lost is good
Getting lost can be frightening, and at the least provokes anxiety. But getting lost can be good because it compels one in adventures and directions one would not have undertaken…
November 8, 2013
Wandering through gardens and temples
I spent the day wandering through and photographing some of Kyoto's many gardens and temples with my camera. Mostly in the vast Nanzen-ji temple complex. I also walked the so-called…
November 6, 2013
Hidden glimpses of the beautiful
What is it about Kyoto that makes it so attractive to Japanese, and to people from around the world? Why was Kyoto Steve Jobs's favorite place to visit in the…
November 6, 2013
Noriko tries to poison me
Well, not really. In actual fact, Noriko took me to a wonderful, varied and seasonal dinner at a restaurant with no external signage in the Gion district of Kyoto. The…
November 4, 2013
Getting to know Kyoto
I don't know what to make of Kyoto yet. Coming from Tokyo on the Nozomi Super Express #23 bound for Hakata, a Shinkanzen (bullet train) among Shinkanzen, it was clear…
November 4, 2013
Coming into Tokyo
We were landing at Narita, Tokyo's biggest airport. Waking up, I groggily pulled the shade up and looked down on an almost nighttime landscape wracked with fog. There was something…
November 3, 2013
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