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So, Kyoto isn't going too bad after all but I am still trying to stay near stations. Today I used the subway for the first time, cost an extra 200 yen as my rail pass doesn't cover subway but made it easy and saved some walking(feet hate me right now). Subway trains are packed. Was crammed in but no dudes on the platform to squeeze that extra person in so maybe in my last few days in Tokyo I will have the privelege of being stuffed into a train. I have no doubt that when they do it they are extremely polite about it.
Caught the sub up to the International Manga Museum which was interesting and their admission fee was excessive for a tourist. Its really a library more than a museum. Walls and walls of manga, none in english of course. Couple little displays on international equivalents to manga which were cool.
So after that wandered down the street to Nijo castle. Absolutely freaking gorgeous garden's in this place. Took heaps o pics and a few videos as they were just too big and beautifull to do with digital wides. These places always amaze me with the detail. This one was from the 1800's and had so many little intricacies. When you consider most of this stuff was done with chizel and hammer or whatever primitive tools they had its incredible how much time they must have put into them.
So after wandering around for a while there headed down the road for the train station when I realized Shinsen-en garden was across the road.
Popped into there and am so glad I decided to walk the JR station instead of taking the subway otherwise I would have missed it altogether. Lovely little lump of serenity in the middle of the city. A number of pics were taken again.
I am also going to be putting the videos I have taken so far on youtube and for the sake of organasition will be embedding them in the relevant posts so you may want to have a scroll down again to see if anything takes your fancy.
Weather is looking a little better for the next few days, no rain just overcast so tomorrow will be Nara/Ise. Then Tuesday checkout of Kyoto and onto Hiroshima for my last stay. Will hopefully be there seven days, do Miyjima, Fukuoka, Osaka and possibly whichever I don't do tomoroow depending on cost and time.
I dont want to belive its all coming to an end already but I have decided unless I spend like two months here there just wouldn't be enough time.