Japan Day 5

Even though our trip was only one week long we decided to stay in Kyoto for one night and it ended up being a good deal. We got round trip tickets on the bullet train and one night the the Hotel Okura for about $500. Considering that train tickets alone are about $240, this is great. Here is what the inside of the train looked like...



Although we could not make it to the Tezuka Manga Museum, I got my dose of Black Jack and Dororo love at Tezuka World near the station. The first thing I saw when we arrived was this...



I had my picture taken with the doctor himself...



After checking into the hotel we had lunch in one of those restaurants where you take your shoes off and you have your own little box...



This was my food which was so good that I ate half of it before remembering to take a picture...



After lunch we visited the Tofukuji Temple. I actually liked the grounds better than the buildings although the whole thing was very peaceful...





The guy who took this picture was an older Japanese man who was so excited when we told him we were from Seattle because of Ichiro Suzuki...



At night we headed out to Gion for some dinner and attempts to gawk at geisha.



I didn't manage to get a geisha pic because they walk fast! However we did see a super fancy poodle (also too fast to get a pic) and these women in traditional dress were gorgeous...



And we finished the night out with a tasty multi-course dinner...



Yummmmmm....