Showing posts with label Kyoto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kyoto. Show all posts

Sunday, 9 August 2015

Japan! Days 0.5, 1, 2 and 3

We got to Osaka around 7:30PM on Wednesday, but still had a pretty great evening with the time that we did have. Our place was right near Tsutenkaku tower, in Shinsekai. This area is touted as being the old (which it is) part of town that is now seedy (we didn't notice this at all). We had a. Incredible meal of high quality sushi that set us back about $85 CAD. The next two days were all over Osaka and then yesterday, Saturday, we came to Kyoto. We'll be here another two full days and then off to Kobe, Okunoshima and Hiroshima.

Here are some videos that show, in a nutshell, what we got up to!

Sushi selection at a supermarket in Osaka!

 


Day 1 in Kyoto


 Day 2 in Kyoto



Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Summer in SK

These summer days are hot. Like next level hot. A hot day in Canada can get quite hot, but this heat is unrelenting. The humidity is through the roof and there is no reprieve whatsoever. This is rainy season. It's apparently a dry rainy season. And even when it does rain, it's still insanely hot. It's hot even at night and early morning. It's always hot. We have air conditioning in our apartment, and for the most part at school also, so I can't complain with regards to that, but the heat that hits you when you leave is something else. We're still managing to get out on walks and do some exercise (we mostly exercise in our apartment now because the gym has yet to use AC so we cancelled our memberships) but it's certainly not comfortable!

We've also been planning our upcoming trip to Japan! From the 5th to the 16th of August we'll be visiting Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Okunoshima and Hiroshima! We have a pretty full-on itinerary and we're keeping our fingers crossed for good weather! We've heard though, that the heat is just as intense, if not more so, in Japan.

Below are some random photos from the past couple weeks, none of which I will explain. Enjoy!