Great day today! I saw No. 1 on my hit list: the Uesugi screens, rakachu rakugaizu, scenes in and around the capital. I was prepared to travel all the way to Yonezawa to see them, and here they were at the Kyoto National Museum, part of the Kano Eitoku show. I got to the [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Tuesday, October 30
Posted in Kyoto on October 31, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Monday, October 29
Posted in Kyoto on October 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I just heard that is was 31 degrees in Pittsburgh today. It’s still quite warm here and the mosquitoes are active. I think I got two new bites today. I crossed the street early this morning to the Kyoto Imperial Palace, where I scheduled 3 tours, the Imperial Palace and Shugakuin Imperial Villa for today [...]
Sunday October 28
Posted in Himeji on October 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m in Kyoto now, back at the Palace Side Hotel. I will be here for the next 10 days, and I just found out they have a place in the lobby where I can go online with my own computer. It makes me happy, but not as happy as when I could work from my [...]
Saturday, October 27
Posted in Hiroshima on October 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It‘s a beautiful day today, just as 9/11 and August 6, 1945 were beautiful days. The sting of evil is more potent on a beautiful day. I spent most of the morning in the Hiroshima Peace Museum and the Peace Memorial Hall. I feel like I have to write about it before I can go [...]
Thursday October 25
Posted in Koyasan on October 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Long, beautiful day trip to Koyasan. The sky looked threatening, and I think the TV predicted rain. It’s all in Japanese, but it’s amazing how much like our TV it is. I easily get the context if not the details. The weather person showed a lot of umbrellas on a map of Japan. It was [...]
Random Observations
Posted in Along the way on October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Bagels seem to be big here, and I think they’ve done a better job interpreting them than was done with some other food imports. At least, they look good.
Not surprising: Halloween is big here. There is a long tradition of dealing with ghosts and spirits here. I don’t know what they think Halloween is really [...]
Friday, October 26
Posted in Hiroshima on October 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I am sitting on a shinkansen bound for Hiroshima and I’ll write as long as my battery holds out. I think the trip will be only 1.5 hours. It’s a gray, gloomy day; the rain seems to be here with a vengeance. When I left the hotel this morning it was only spitting and I [...]
Pictures
Posted in Kyoto on October 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Finally got around to posting some of the photos: Murasaki no ryo, Kyoto Station and that strange toilet, the ultimate symbol of male impertinence, which is here.
Wednesday, October 24, food
Posted in Osaka on October 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Tonight’s dinner was a bento box from Takashimaya—very high class. First, it almost looks like it’s gift wrapped. After I opened the double bag I found a piece of ice sealed in a plastic packet taped to the cover. I’m not sure this would keep the fish cold if I had a long way to [...]
Tuesday, October 23
Posted in Kyoto on October 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I will be spending about 12 days in Kyoto. There is so much to see I don’t know if 12 days will be enough. This was my first real sightseeing day and I didn’t know where to begin. Warren gave me a great itinerary, telling me not to try to see too much in one [...]
