I had the best of intentions to do a blog entry today about attempting to learn and speak Japanese, but it’s not gonna happen–I don’t have the energy and I am, after all, on vacation. So, instead here’s a quickie post and a silly video.
We walked from the Yasaka Shrine to Kyo-Mizu Temple today. This is one of our now-traditional activities while in Japan. This time it was cold but we had a fine time nonetheless. The cherry blossoms are in abundance now and the weather was clear, so it was a lovely day for a walk.
Here’s the silly video. It’s another fake-miniature/timelapse movie of traffic, this time shot from the window of our hotel in Kyoto:
Time for bed. Tomorrow we’re visiting a temple near the hotel, and then heading for the shopping district centered on Teramachi Street.
The people really pile up at the crosswalks! How much time at normal speed?
It’s busier in this area than we’ve ever seen before, presumably because of the cherry-blossom season. The video is running at 20x normal speed; the previous one I posted is 10x normal.
Thanks! I’m enjoying the altered perspectives.