Day 7 - Rendezvous with Rufus

Yesterday evening, Rufus met us at Kyoto Station and then took us to a pizza restaurant nearby that he knew...

All three of us are spending the weekend at an apartment that's almost dead centre of the city. Today, Friday, we've packed in the sightseeing, and pretty much all on foot.

First there was the old imperial palace, Nijo-jo that was previously the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate until about 1877...

 

Then we strolled along Taramachi dori, a covered shopping street. After lunch, we crossed over into the Gion District which is famous for geisha and sprinkled liberally with shrines and temples...

Lots of people dress in kimono to wander round Kyoto, but most especially around Gion, Japanese and foreign tourists alike. I'm not averse to a bit of cosplay, but white folk in kimono just don't look right to me. So we didn't do that...

And today, I'll spare you the pylon and treat you to a display in a Japanese knife shop...