9.17.2011

Rainy Kyoto Day One

Rain, rain, go away . . .

walked through an absolute SHIT STORM to catch my bus to kyoto on friday night resulting in shoes that didn't dry the entire trip and a suitcase full of wet clothes and gifts. the bus rolle din over an hour late but good buddy and new kyoto-ite Rie picke dme up from the station and took me to her cute new place for a lovely homemade breaky:


LOVE this fire extinguisher next to her front door:


Chinese lunch with non-uncle Aochan who was kind enough to take me and rie around:



rie moved out to the city about 6 months ago and doesn't have a car which means she doesn't get out to the more local areas of kyoto often. but Aochan is a softy and was more than happy to take us for one of my favorites: aburimochi!






a little temple viewing in the rain:


a like to do my family duty by visiting the family plot when i'm out there. yes, it was raining like mad and the hill on which the grave rests was a giant muddy mess but i only had a few days and i didn't know if the weather was going to improve in the coming days. i bought flowers and had aochan drop me off at the bottom of the hill. then i ran. like the wind. and washed the headstones and cleaned the surrounding area. i worked as fast as i can before the rain could shit storm again and i would get washed into the river.



nothing like tonkatsu dinner at ton-ton-katsu-katsu to make the wet shoes seem not as bad as they were . . .


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