I didn't, so I went to Kyoto. My original aim was to maybe visit something in the afternoon and then go on next morning to Kanazawa and have a bit of rest inbetween.
Well yeah. Kyoto sucks. Utterly. Salty donkey balls. It is so overcrowded beyond any remedy that Shibuya crossing looks like a relaxed and mostly dead village in comparison. You can already see dozens of temples and shrines from the train and I guess every single one of them is at its visitor limit. And that after coming from Izumo and its beautiful, serene and spiritual air. Horrible. Just horrible.
I just managed to throw my luggage into the (pretty good) hotel room and walk back to the station to eat something. That was that. I ignored the city and spent the rest of the evening reading.
Don't get me wrong. Kyoto is very probably a completely astounding and overwhelming city. Thatswhy so many people visit there. But unfortunately that destroys it for me. I simply cannot admire great architecture, history and art while being shoved around by 10000 organized travel groups with tour guides equipped with megaphones.
But the train ride itself was again impressive. The route goes from Izumo to Okayama by normal train and then by Shinkansen to Kyoto.
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| Farewell fro Izumo. The local mascot. Not as creepy as pedobear, but I see potential in those eyes. |
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| I was meditating about the probably profound wisdom hidden in these words and the Satori hit me. It was a piano, placed there to be free for all! |
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| This worked suprisingly good. |
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| Seats in a Shinkansen green car (1st class). |
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| I love those houses with roofs over roofs which have side roofs and roofs.. |
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| I had it. Taste was not bad. |
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| Hineji castle. At least saw it from the train. |
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| Kyoto |
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| Eatery in Kyoto station |
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| I took the "Chef's selection of mixed skewers" and got this. I am disappoint. No livers, no hearts, no stomach, no tongue. Just boring meats and veggies. |
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| At least the oysters were passable. |
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