Got up early and walked through
Nishiki Market. This is another covered arcade but with food shops galore! Wish I could have brought back everything I saw. We also hit
Loft and
Takashimaya after lunch and actually got lost walking back to the hotel. It was like a twilight zone episode--when the familiar become strange--it seemed like the hotel disappeared. I had never been to Kyoto and did not get my bearings well enough.
Still, we made it back to the hotel, did a quick check out and got a taxi to the train station.
Kyoto station is so large that you must tell the taxi driver if you are taking a "train" or the Shinkansen. Entrances are different. So specialized and yet convenient. Another short two hour ride with one transfer brought us to our final destination,
Hiroshima.
This route went through the countryside, hilly with green bamboo forests, cedar and other conifers.
The
Rhiga Royal Hotel is first class! Nice single room tonight. My suitcase sent from Tokyo, was waiting in my room.
Met Wayne's friend, Mr.
Nakaiki who graciously and generously hosted our dinner and karaoke after dinner .
Tomorrow, Tuesday, begins the 'package-tour' segment, in which we join the others traveling from Honolulu.
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