I think I was practicing how to say 'cheese' in Japanese
So, now we're in Kyoto, and its a great day. Again we've rented bicycles. We've gone up to see a normal shrine.
Cool dragon eh? We thought this might be a magic wishing fountain, but not sure now.
neat statue just on a street corner
symbol up on the wall on a Butokuden building wall
Also at the Butokuden. I have no idea what it says, but sure looks cool.
There are lots of Budo stores around this area, naturally. They had gi's, punching equipment, and some very high quality sets of armour and weaponry on display.
This one was around 500 years old, and probably blooded ...
The price on it was 2,000,000 yen, or $35,493 AUD !!
This is a naginata up on a wall at another budo store. Traditionally a women's weapon used in household defence, it is a long spear with a curving blade at the end.
We wandered the Nishiki Market after this. Lots of crazy vegetable displays
and then visited a garden close to K's House. The wall is nice, bamboo interspersed with reed bundles.
We were a bit early for changing colour leaves, but still it was great.
We stopped for a drink on the way to the Funoaka Onsen tonight, and beside the convenience store was this strange garden. Around the central disk window, was a glass window with water running down
and here is a close-up of the strange alien ... tooth (?) sculpture in the middle
The Funuaka Onsen was really, really nice! Its in second place, not far behind the Saitama Super Sento. Cliff didn't have any trouble with his tats - in fact, there were Japanese in here that also had them. Hmmm....
There was a nice outdoors hot and cold rocky pools too
