Arriving in Kyoto early afternoon, after a somewhat uncomfortable journey due to the long cycle the previous day, we finally found our hostel hidden amongst a row of market stalls in a covered arcade. Things didn't get off to a great start when we were handed a bill for 6 nights accommodation, our plan being to stay for three then move on to another hotel in Kyoto, followed by the discovery that our "private room" was surrounded on all sides by the reception, entrance way and front door, fish stall and the passage way through the market, with only paper thin walls, in some place not even meeting the ceiling, in between. Fortunately, the lady on reception spoke really good English, so the former was resolved with no problems, and the latter only disturbed the potential
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