I’m writing this on day 13 but will publish the entry when we find some wifi internet 🙂
Today was an early start. Up at 7am and picked up at 8:40am to meet the shuttle bus that was to drive us all the way into the airport. It’s about a 2.5hr drive from Niseko and it’s a bit of a horror – partly because of the terrifying mountain descent and partly because of the fact we both get motion sickness. B spent the trip trying to pretend he wasn’t on a bus and I spent it taking photos of ridiculous road signs. WHY IS THERE A SHARK ON A ROAD SIGN JAPAN?! Are you warning of a shark avalanche? A sharkalanche? Also the deer you have to watch out for on the road are clearly fabulous. You’ll see what I mean from the sign.
The flight down to kansai was uneventful then it was a 75min train trip from Osaka to Kyoto. We bought little train/subway ticket things to use (ICOCA) which are kind of like smart riders. B got me a hello kitty one hahaha I’m a bit in love with it. His has dragons or some boring boy stuff. Oh I’ve just been corrected – apparently they are (really ugly) wind and thunder gods. The lights as we went past on the train and the amount of people and the whole transit system are pretty amazing stuff for someone from Perth! Apparently I’ll completely loop out when we get to Tokyo.
Our hotel here is quite nice. Smaller than the other room but all the same amenities except for the lack of wifi. I’m a bit grumpy about that….
We found a little “fast food” shop that is basically next door and the meal cost me ¥525 which is about $6. It was delicious! Teriyaki chicken, green veggies and tofu and sautéed root veggies as well.
Up and about early (maybe) to explore Kyoto tomorrow 🙂
P.S. I have just realised I can’t post photos in the blog post when I’m doing a draft – they will all just get lumped at the end. Hmmmm I will have to find a way around this for the next post but for now…I’ve already typed it so….sorry! Today’s photos include: Percy in the snow, ridiculous road signs, a terrifying mountain drive, Kyoto/Osaka photos by train and cheap food omnomnom.
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