Day Two was supposed to be a self-guide day, with a suggested itinerary of a morning train trip to Nara, a town located on the outskirts of Kyoto. Having awoken just too late to avail of breakfast, we wandered down to the main street to locate a café, and while sitting there decided that the toothache which started as an annoyance yesterday, was fast becoming something which could ruin my Japanese experience. After a quick Google of dentists in Kyoto, we found an English speaking one which apparently took walk-in emergency cases, and set about finding it using the local subway. Proud of ourselves for finding it, we gingerly approached the receptionist to hope she spoke English and when that worked, to explain my plight. She asked us to take a seat, and went off to
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