The first thing we noticed when we stepped off the bullet train was that somehow the heat had increased incredibly during our three-hour travel to Kyoto. Much more humid here...
This city is very different from Tokyo. When Sasha and Meesha crossed the street to go to the convenience store to get ice cream at 8 pm, they came back and commented that there was absolutely no night life. Kyoto is certainly much more quiet and calm than the flashy city of Tokyo, yet it is also much more beautiful and less crowded. Every street is lined with little sweet shops and ornamental stores, and our hostel is very close to the picturesque Heian shrine. We strolled with Midori around the streets nearby, waiting for the hostel to open, and spent an hour looking around at the seven story Handy Crafts Center. Nearly everyone walked out with several shopping bags...
Whereas we each had seperate rooms at the Yoyogi Youth Hostel, here all the girls share bunk-beds in a single room and the boys share another. Everyone agrees this is much more fun...! However, we were all awoken at 6:30 to a loudspeaker announcement that breakfast was served...
We have a long day ahead - tours and concerts and such - and we will be kicked out of the hostel in half an hour.
Hope everything is well back home! The time is absolutely flying by and we are already dreading how hard it will be to end this amazing experience...
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