always happen to speak English somehow, saving James from the embarrassing need of resorting
to silly gestures in order to get his stupid Vodka Martini the way he likes it.
-Tomorrow -- after our morning yoga and vegan breakfast, of course -- we're going on a day long
+Tomorrow, of course after our morning yoga and vegan breakfast, we're going on a day long
guided hiking tour with the monks, which sounds really cool.
my camera, which was quite surprising, considering how tolerant Japanese people usually are
towards our ignorance of their culture.
+{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Nagano/Zenko-ji/00186.jpg|The sacred inscription we can't read, let alone understand|maxwidth=800}}
=== April 26th: Matsumoto again ===
In the evening, we headed to [[http://wikitravel.org/en/Nagano]], a city famous for the
1998 winter olimpics and for an ancient [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenk%C5%8D-ji|buddhist temple]].
+{{Nagano/Shimizuya_Ryokan/00053.jpg|All sorts of accommodations come with good wi-fi, including traditional ryokans|maxwidth=800}}
**UPDATE**: the report for [[blog/2009/April#kyoto-higashiyama|April 21st]] is now available!