The last couple days have been busy, but enjoyable.

Last Thurday night, Yuko and myself travelled over to Kyoto, and we got back home yesterday (Sunday).
Friday was a public holiday in Japan, so it gave us two full days in Kyoto.

On, the Friday, we met up with an old Japanese friend of ours, who lives in Kyoto. She was a fellow student of Yuko’s, until she returned to Japan last April. On the Friday, we explored Kinkakuji, Ryoan-ji and the ‘Toei Eiga Mura’ (Movie Village, where they used to make Japanese films). The last one was a bit pricey, and not that great really, considering how much we paid to get in. Afterwards, we looked around some of the main shopping streets, before heading off to a Izakaya for drinks and food. Our friend had to leave a little early though because she had to go to English class. However, it was good to see her again.

Saturday was spent exploring the Eastern side of Kyoto. Starting off at Ginkakuji (my first time there, and a much more impressive rock garden than Kinkakuji). We walked down the Path of Philosophy stopping off at various temples.
We visited Kodaiji, before we walked onto Kiyomizu-dera.
At Kiyomizu-dera I had a wierd experience. There, I’m sure I saw Colin Firth , with two Japanese friends or collegues. I’m pretty sure it was him, but didn’t like to approach because
a) it may not have been him
b) the guy deserves some time alone, if he’s on holiday.

Also, ended up seeing someone in passing that I ‘know’. Dylan is an American studying in Kyoto, and has his own Blog which I like to read. As I was in Kyoto station I saw this familar walking face, with a friend. It was a couple of minutes later I realised who it was. Even though I don’t know the guy, its still wierd that I’ve seen someone I read about a lot. I’ve posted up on his site, and he concluded that it may well have been him, because he was in the station at that time.
I wonder how many other Japan blogger’s I’ll run into while I’m here???

When I get the chance, I’ll get the pictures taken from the weekend, uploaded onto the Gallery. (I’ve tried saving the pictures in RAW format when I took them. See what I can do with them, once I load them onto the Computer.)