Monday, 31. December 2007
Green tea as it´s best
carschti, 16:08h
31.12.2007 Kyoto
Back to Kyoto. The same Ryokan we stayed two weeks ago.
Yesterday we did some laundry. While the machine did the job we did ours and went to a café. "Café vienna" in Gion is the most lovely place in Kyoto. They have chocolate cake with gold leaf on top. But this is not the reason why I love this café. They serve the most tasty green tea in the country (as far as I know). Matcha and milk. oishii desu!!!!!!
Today we wandered through Kyoto on the search for a children playground and eventually we found one in the old emperors palace. The first time that Yasmin and a japanese child were playing with each other. (The fathers were standing nearby chatting).
The afternoon we spent most of our time with bying presents for the beloved at home.
On the way back we saw some of the preparations for the new year. It´s really completely different to the german way of party (we thought). But now I fear that difference is not that great. I just came back from doing some night shots. I went to some temples and sights in Kyoto area and most of the places were crowded with Japanese and tourists. Half tourists half Japanese. But, half of the Japanese were photographers. Which makes more or less more tourists than Japanese. The surroundings for this bizarre picture are sales booths for all sorts of things. Toys, food, stones, jewelery and so on. More or less like on every Striezelmarkt in Germany.
At the bell there was a queue at 21°° of about 30 m length. This will be my choice for the night.
Back to Kyoto. The same Ryokan we stayed two weeks ago.
Yesterday we did some laundry. While the machine did the job we did ours and went to a café. "Café vienna" in Gion is the most lovely place in Kyoto. They have chocolate cake with gold leaf on top. But this is not the reason why I love this café. They serve the most tasty green tea in the country (as far as I know). Matcha and milk. oishii desu!!!!!!
Today we wandered through Kyoto on the search for a children playground and eventually we found one in the old emperors palace. The first time that Yasmin and a japanese child were playing with each other. (The fathers were standing nearby chatting).
The afternoon we spent most of our time with bying presents for the beloved at home.
On the way back we saw some of the preparations for the new year. It´s really completely different to the german way of party (we thought). But now I fear that difference is not that great. I just came back from doing some night shots. I went to some temples and sights in Kyoto area and most of the places were crowded with Japanese and tourists. Half tourists half Japanese. But, half of the Japanese were photographers. Which makes more or less more tourists than Japanese. The surroundings for this bizarre picture are sales booths for all sorts of things. Toys, food, stones, jewelery and so on. More or less like on every Striezelmarkt in Germany.
At the bell there was a queue at 21°° of about 30 m length. This will be my choice for the night.
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