Kyoto!

Monday 21st January

It took longer than anticipated to arrive in Kyoto as by the time I had navigated my way around the maze that is Tokyo station, reserve a seat and find the platform it was 3pm before I arrived in Kyoto, only to discover an equally large station with no directions or anyone who could understand me to point me in the direction of the tourist information. I have since discovered that the Japanese don`t speak as much English as I thought!

The lady at the tourist info (when I eventually found it) was very helpful though and booked me a room for the night and gave me an armful of maps for navigating myself around the city.

However as most of the attractions shut at 4pm in the winter there was no point venturing far so had a quick bite to eat and decided to set off early the following morning to explore instead....