Memoirs of a Geisha

We've read the book and now we took the tour so we can't wait to see the movie. We even stalked one Geisha who was on her way to the tea house with her customers. The whole Gion experience is quite unreal. Beautiful old streets lined with members only little wooden tea houses with barely any signs on the door and no indication on how to get in. An odd Maiko(apprentice geisha)/Geiko scurrying by on her way from and to the tea house. It is quite unbelievable feeling when you spend the whole afternoon in Gion to walk just across the river into the bright lights of the modern Japanese city.
Kyoto is quite amasing city! It should be high on any tourist's route in Japan.

Yesterday we spent a day in ancient capital of Japan (the one before Tokyo and Kyoto) Nara. We saw the biggest bronze Buddha housed in the biggest wooden building in the world. What can you say - it was BIG! and of course we went to a temple or two. There were quite a few deer there, 12000 or so they reckon, wandering all over the place. Not entirely sure why but apparently they are sacred.

We also saw the second biggest pagoda in Japan there - the biggest one is in Kyoto which is 2 cm taller then the one in Nara (they must have done that on purpose). What can you say - it was BIG!

We are getting better in japanese restaurants. We still pointing at the pictures of the food but at least we can now say thank you it was a great feast at the end.

There is one thing we need to clarify - the face masks we keep seeing people with are for hayfever and not some crazy paranoia that Nina has started to develop.

ohh and we saw some more temples too...