today started off waking up in gero was was extremely cold inside the inn as well as outside. probably the coldest it's been during our trip in japan. we went to a different room where our breakfast was set up already on the table in the middle. another traditional japanese meal minus the sea creatures that still had their eyes. it was so cold outside, that when we bought ice cream at the train station on our way to kyoto, and spilled some on the sidewalk, it sat there for a few minutes before it even started melting. when we arrived in kyoto, we checked into our hotel, the granvia kyoto, and then made our way to the shrine with 10,000 gates. look familliar? part of memoirs of a geisha was filmed here. we didn't
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