Day 4: Kyoto and Geisha!

Anthony had to head off to work early to deal with the fallout from all the world's banks collapsing and we were leaving Tokyo to head on to our second destination, Kyoto. Kimiko helped us get through to the Bullet Train on time but after that we were on our own in Japan for the first time!

Having figured out how to order food for ourselves (points lots, look apologetic) we spent most of the afternoon hanging around the Gion district looking for Geisha amongst the old teahouses. Lonely Planet reckons there are now only about 100 Geisha left in Kyoto today so the odds weren't good but we did get to see several ladies in traditional Kimonos.



Kyoto has loads of incredible shrines, gardens and temples in this area, so we took a long walk round to see a few of them. It was a nice change of pace from the craziness of Tokyo.





We didn't really think we'd get to see any Geisha on our trip, but luck (and a creepy old rich perv) was on our side!



Also: Japan gets incredible internet speeds. I'm currently getting 100mbps down from our hotel connection..!