All alonein Kyoto

Kyoto...if you rearrange the letters that spells Tokyo!

Yet however similiar they may sound, Kyoto and Tokyo are not even comparable! It is soo different here. Its sooo beautiful here! There so many temples mixed in with the modern city life. The historical monuments and classy shops really give this city such an amazing atmosphere! The hotel I'm in is also really nice... its got a starbucks!! yay!! no more nasty japanese coffee!!!

Even tho I'm pretty enthusiastic to have made it here today, I was all alone... It's incredible how I can get around this country without speaking a word of Japanese. It's also remarkable how people can actually communicate with only a few words of english...

Well when I got here, I went to this gorgeous mountainous area called Arishiyama. OH MY GOD (:O was my face the whole time. This place was literally breathtaking. It was seriously so worth seeing. I loved every minute of it!!!

then I went down to the GION CENTER to try to see a maiko or geisha show. however when I got there, the show was almost over... well actually it was kinda a good thing because the guy let me go in just to catch the ending of the show. Talk about a rip off!! It was just a puppet geisha! haha well at least i didnt have to pay...

BTW today i saw a DOMOKUN!! Finally :)!!!

The big one was close to $90 (ridiculous... i like toys and all but i aint about to shell out $100 -which is half the money i have left here - on a domokun!) but I bot the small one. I will see if I can get a picture of the big one when I have another chance. At least I can say I saw one!!!