Seismic irony

Going to Japan, I was apprehensive about earthquakes. Honestly, even if Xim claims to have felt a Tokyo, while Lô and I were sleeping, I did not feel anything. I have not even been convinced by the movement of cups of tea on the 11th floor of Kyoto Station, on …

Came back

We are back since yesterday with some delay (we see that we are not in Japan …). The afternoon was very long after a short night due to turbulence. I collapsed to 20 hours for me. We emtpied the suitcases, checked the state of gifts, went shopping for two or …

We are about to come back

Trees were crying petals as we were leaving… We are now at Osaka airport and boarding starts in 20 minutes. Back in France, we will remember the latest Japanese day as the day we saw a dragon.

The park of the imperial palace and Kurama

We still spent time in parks, admiring the flowers and lunch under the trees. Then we headed to Kurama, where the initial goal was to dive into the onsen, but we took the opportunity to take a ride to the shrine of Kurama (the guide said, “a magical place”…). And …

Nanzen temple and the Miyako Odori

Our last days in Kyoto are held peacefully. We enjoy the good weather (I took two sunburn) and cherry blossom is finally here. We made a nice walk in the gardens of Nanzen temple. We admired an aqueduct and we frolicked along the canal. Then we admired the rain of …

Toji Temple and Nijo Castle

Today, you will not hear any complaints about these idiots tourists disturb my contemplation cherry blossom (that is, the flowering has begun…) we were a small committee for the two visits of the day. We started to greet Buddha at Toji temple. The photos and sketches are prohibited inside, we …

It surprises always

I do not understand… umbrella, hat, bag that may get stuck in the doors of the train, I can understand… But a snake… Who is ever walking with a snake in his hand? No doubt the Japanese.