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 . . .

Mokey Island Baby!

D and cheech organized a bbq on sarushima off the coast of yokosuka.  so after a loooooong train ride i boarded the "sea friend" and made my way to monkey island:

that's the beach.  that's it.  just a tiny spot on one side of the island:

where's the rescue try-curve?

it was a very sharp and rocky beach:

the men attempt to get the fire going:

yum!  food! by the end of the day, we had about 45 peeps with us:

D vogues:

the island is small enough to explore on foot so a few of us went for a walk:

apparently this place was an old fort:

the view from the do-not-climb-on-this-structure that i flatly ignored:

lots of stairs:

it was beautiful on the other side!  much better than the beach side:

D's marine bio degree kicks in as he inspects the tide pools:

back on the beach to grab our scuba gear before  heading back to the other side of the island:

LOTS of pervy photography on the island:

D is cold and miserable:

cheech loves going a lot farther than she should:

sun scorched and exhausted, we caught the last boat back to the mainland:

look at all those hawks!

thanks for a fun day!