2020 - Giles and Paula go to Japan
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The plane that @Chap was coming in on was cancelled anyway…..
@Madame Buttonfly doing her best to ward off Coronavirus….
On the subway to Shinagawa station to catch the Shinkansen…
And here comes the Nozomi to Shin Osaka…
When we landed in Haneda, I got in touch with @Sarina and she worked her magic with the car rental company - my 1949 International Driving Permit will be accepted…..
What would we do without her.....
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I’m betting @Chap isn’t the only one who got the bad news from his insurance company. Austria ain’t havin it.
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Got to Shin-Osaka, found the car rental joint and they did not even ask for the bloody International Driving Permit. That was some magic that Sarina wove….
As we knew there was an SS20 viewing at the Osaka store, we went to pay a surprise visit to Haraski and Kenta....
Hanging out with the collection….
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Great pics, Paula is looking beautiful as always, and I love how Haraki-san is layering his primaloft. I would have never thought it could look so badass.
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Last night in Kyoto. Hit a craft beer and whisky bar. It was on the first floor (that is one above the ground floor for you infidels who call the ground floor 1F …) and barely visible from the street as so many bars and restaurants are in Japan.
I did not try this, but I guess it was some sort of London style beer…
Asked the barman where we should get noodles and he sent us to:
https://en.japantravel.com/kyoto/nagahama-ramen-miyoshi/12882
What sold me was this sentence….."To spot Nagahama Ramen, all you have to do is spot the most rustic (read: shabbiest) establishment on Kiyamachi Street."
I'll def be going back…...And when I do, I will try and get a photo of the broth stockpots, you could literally take a bath in them, they are so large...
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I was admiring his IHV-36, he wears it well.
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Unfortunately, Nagahama Ramen shop does not quite smell as good as it tastes, to be frank it smells strongly of soured pork bone soup, but do not let this discourage you. Their Ramen is quite literally, to die for.
This was my favorite line.
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Explored some of Kyoto's ancient places today. I have to say, I would not like to be here when the weather is better than it is now and or/when Chinese flights are operational again. I thought it was busy, but it is apparently super, super quiet.
I also would prefer it if there were not signs everywhere telling you not what to do….
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We are a month or so too early for the cherry blossoms, and boy will this place be amazing when the cherries are in blossom.
We did find one who was a little premature….
And there are the most amazing structures built to support the laden boughs…
Bamboos were spectacular…
Last night we chatted with a guy who asked us if we like moss. He went on to tells us that the Kyotoans loved it. He was right it is everywhere…
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Nice pictures! Looks like you are having lots of fun! Enjoy!
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good to see kenta looking good. send my regards if it's not too late! kyoto's looking lovely from your photos. all my trips, i've only ever done day trips to kyoto from osaka. seems like i got to make it a point with staying there and slowly exploring it without any rush..
@Giles the international driving permit is not so much an issue with rental companies. it's basically for them to cover their asses in any unfortunate scenarios if an accident happens and the insurance company doesn't pay out. also, it actually acts more as a translation document that anything else. especially if you were to be pulled over by the cops or whatsoever. other than that, there's not much to it.
