Kyoto Japan's second capital is really a beautiful city. There are shrines and shops and generally a lot of people and I find them to be very friendly. Originally I had planned to take Danilo to many places, like the golden temple, to fushimi foz shrine, ad a few other favourites. Instead, we ended up being stuck in the city - but weren't disppointed by that. We lost ourselves in Teramachi, browsing shopping and eating. It is a realy pleasant area to explore, with long alleys full of various shops, selling either traditional Japanese crafts, or modern Japanese clothing. We wandered for hours, ate sushi, discovered a stall selling portuguese tarts...and were quite content. After exploring for hours, we walked along the riverbank, and then headed across the Kamogawa (River Kamo) to explore Gion. It was
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