From fd02dd85833b058fbc41396df845b1869ba31f78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bernie Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:20:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Edit page blog/2009/April --- blog/2009/April | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/blog/2009/April b/blog/2009/April index 5978b42..e5b0beb 100644 --- a/blog/2009/April +++ b/blog/2009/April @@ -35,10 +35,38 @@ sent from all over the world in memory of the little Sadako. === April 23rd -- Kyoto last day === -We visited a few more places: +==== Last day in Kyoto: Arashiyama ==== * Hmmm... +==== A city I did not like ==== + +At last, I've found a place I actually didn't like much in Japan! +The first impression of Osaka's central station was that it was old and +dirty. Of course one could still eat on the floor, and coming from +[[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Kyoto/Shin_Kyoto|Kyoto's station]] might +have compromised my judgement. There was big crowd of busy people +everywhere, and if //you// bump into someone, //they// don't apologize +for it. + +Our copy of the Lonely Planet highly recommended [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Dtonbori|Dotonbori]] +at night for its "Blade Runner views", so we headed there. They must have watched +a version of the movie with bad special fx, because all I could observe in +Dotonbori was a narrow street sided by neon signs of restaurants and pachinkos. +Just above average, imho, and certainly not worth the time and the price of the +train ticket. Unless you're a moth, perhaps. + +We granted our guide a second chance and choosing their highest rated +restaurant in Dotombori, one specialized in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udon|udon]]. +There was no English menu and the only food I could order was a chest of cold +spaghetti on a bamboo crate with no sauce but a cup of soy sauce, also cold of course, +in which one could dip them separately. Or so I understood: the waiters were extremely +kind but wouldn't speak English, which created even more confusion. Dulcis in fundo, +the bill was much higher than usual and they wouldn't take credit cards. + +No, it didn't rain. + + === April 22nd === ==== Food ==== -- 2.25.1