I mentioned before the weekend that I would be going to Kyoto for a day and that I did. It came up fairly quickly, but I was given the opportunity to go to a work related thing. I would have stayed for the weekend, but I had no time to plan as well as other plans for Saturday and Sunday, and on top of that just an instinctual feeling that I should only for one day…don’t ask me why. Maybe it is related to the amount of money that I could spend there.
I really enjoyed riding the shinkansen. Amazed at how quickly the ride is, without the wait of check-ins and security. I took the train with Yoko and, having an hour to spare before our final destination, we had a really good lunch at a restaurant in the station:


I still can’t tell you what a lot of that is. People tell me the names of food over and over but it never sticks. I’m on the lookout for an encyclopedia of Japanese food.
After lunch we headed to another NTT location for our business and then came back to the station around suppertime. This is a popular shot in Kyoto station:


…taken while we were looking for omiyage shops, and boy did we find them. So many yummy things and a tip – they do give samples so if you are ever hungry in Japan, head to the food areas in department stores, usually the first floor (1F) or B1. We bought some omiyage and then station bentos to eat on the ride home. Also very yummy. I will have to go there again.