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Another day, another ten-course breakfast. |
| We stopped by the post office to mail some postcards home. On the counter, they had these glasses you could borrow if you were long-sighted. |
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A few more pictures of Kyoto Station. |
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| When we got to the top of the building, we found many kids having a picnic there. |
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| We took the train over to Nijo to see the castle. |
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A roof over one of the gates. |
| We ran into another school of kids on a field trip there. |
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| Nijo castle was built in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu when he became shogun, to help defend the nearby Kyoto Imperial Palace and also to serve as a residence for visiting shoguns. What we saw was a series of interlinked single storey buildings sitting on a flat piece of land. Most of this was built in a great expansion and renovation done in 1626. While not as spectacular as Himeji, it did have a very nice garden right beside the main buildings. |
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After we left Nijo castle, we had a quick lunch at this small restaurant with plastic food outside. See Ming was convinced it was run by Chinese people. |
| Dessert was this Meiji green tea ice cream bought from a supermarket. We really liked it. |
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| Somebody's garden. |
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| Here are a few more photos we took, walking around Kyoto. |
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This photo is taken at Beer Market (Ichiba Coji) restaurant. I had the specialty by chef Kazuya Chimura, which was actually beef with cranberry sauce. It was nice but don't expect to get full on it. |
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