Downtown in Kyoto, we made out via train for Jazzmass K’s Case, the jazz bar in which Miako-San was awaiting us. Within the train station contended depictions of ancient monuments, and pillars plastered in modern anime
Tag: Kyoto (page 2)
Inari Okami
Day two in Kyoto, and another full plate. One shrine, one temple, lunch with Miako-San, and then a trip to Osaka Castle for a 3D Projection light show in the evening.
Yuki
Following our interlude at Nekouan, we ducked into one of the countless tiny restaurants which dot the streets of Kyoto, and sat down for a bite to eat. It’s remarkable how tightly the Japanese manage to pack such spaces, an effect made possible seemingly only by necessity and sheer will.
Everybody Wants to Be a Cat
Miako-San is the jazz playing, anti-war, vegan chef, Zen Buddhist Monk badass who we were singularly fortunate to discover here in Kyoto.
Ohayo Kyoto-Sama!
Though I only spent two short winter days there, I now believe that Kyoto may well be the most wonderful place in the world.
Kagome: the Veggie Mutilator
Behold my first breakfast in Japan!, a humble repast consisting of a cheese laiden pastry, a blueberry bagel, packets of jam and peanut butter, fresh fruit, and, somewhat alarmingly, butter in a tube.