Kyoto - Day 5
May 22nd 2007 We left Kurashiki on the 9am train bound for Kyoto via a local train to Okayama and the bullet train to Kyoto. We dropped our bags off at the ryokan, a lovely traditional Japanese guest house with tatami mats and futon bedding, then headed out into the city. We stopped first at Nijo-jo, a 17th century castle in the centre of Kyoto. The castle was the official local residence of the Shogun and w
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