First thing we did in Kyoto yesterday when we arrived was to take a stroll to the national gardens. I was excited to see a small sign in front of a tiny temple describing a 600 year old camphor tree that stood on the temple grounds. We went in to investigate. What we found…
Day: April 18, 2025
The ancient capitol
Kyoto. Once the imperial capital, famous for its many shrines (Shinto), temples (Buddhist), gardens, and palaces. Now draws upwards of 75 million tourists a year. As Grubb mentioned, from Naoshima we ferried to Uno Port, took a local train (stops at every single little village) to Okayama, rode the Shinkansen to Kyoto and then a final…
Sushi in Naoshima
We’ve moved on to Kyoto but I wanted to give a mention to this great restaurant back in Naoshima. Our second night we tried the New Olympia, a tiny sushi restaurant. By small I mean 5 seats at the counter , two western style tables and one tatami mat table. WOW. Out of this world…
Kicking it off in Kyoto
Left Sparky’s Place early this morning to catch the 6:40 AM ferry. Not many people were leaving the island at that time. We practically had the ferry to ourselves. When it docked, we crossed the street to the train station and caught the one going straight to Okayama just as it was leaving. So, great, we got to…