The cherry blossoms were looking gorgeous by then.
A man was feeding the hawks while his teeny little dog was looking a little scared. There was actually quite the motley collection of birds: cranes, pigeons ravens, gulls, and hawks were all present. The seven or eight hawks that were continually swooping down from the air pretty much dominated the scene, however.
After about 2 1/2 hours I made it to Gikakuji. It's not actually painted silver because it happened to burn down at least twice. After the second burning, the proprieter dindn't have the cash to actually cover it in gold foil like the Golden Temple (Kinkakuji).
I love it because it has a very unique rock garden (more like a sculpture almost) and also because the garden is very peaceful.
The ground is entirely moss, no sirree no grass there.
There's even a display, explaining a bit about the moss.
"Moss the Interruptor", or, "bad (ugly) moss."
"Very Important Moss, like VIP"...or like VIM...
The view of Ginkakuji and looking West out to the NE section of Kyoto.
After Ginkakuji there was quite a hike back to the hostel, on the way I...
walked the Philosopher's walk. It's actually an old Meiji era (or earlier probably) road that was so renamed for a well-loved professor at Kansai University (close by the area) who used to walk up and down it during his lunch breaks.
saw Pooh's?...cafe which was closed,
and enjoyed the view of the river and hills that border the Eastern side of Kyoto.
Then Ryan and I finally met up after sating all our independent touristy wants and explored a bit of the Kiyomizudera area (some fun shopping, etc. see November postings). In the early evening we met up with Stacey and Jeremy who were also pretty tired and, YAY!, went to Bikkuri Donkey for a well deserved huge plate 'o meat. This one was Ryan's meal, rice with curry and a huge Hamburg Steak (or you can just say Hamburger in the old sense) with cheese. Considering it was only our second meal, I'd say it was well earned.
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ooh, I like spherical food! Do you know of such a place?
btw I miss Mexican food! We walked about 3 miles to a Mexican restaurant the other day, only to discover it utterly palled in comparison, even to taco bell. The burritos were like bad KFC wraps...*shudder*
when i worked at shanghai bistro, henry was trying all this new fusion cooking, and he made a mexican sushi! it had beans in it, and corn, and maybe a pepper on top! that too made me shudder! (although actually, it wasn't that bad at all, just weird 'cause your brain didn't know to file it under sushi or taco, a category for both did not exist!)
did the vinegared rice and dried seaweed taste good with it? Sounds good to me.
Sushi bars here often serve raw beef slices on top of sushi, just like the fish slice ones.
After taking biology it just doesn't seem to be worth the risk.
maybe you would like it, i don't know... it had some sort of chipotle dipping sauce, kind of like a sensory overload, too many flavors for me!
for the record, though, their food is normally ~awesome~.
That was the place in Eau Claire right?
Ugh..every time I scroll down I see that big plate of beef and curry and rice and I start drooling.
Do you remember that roast thing you (or Megs?) made (you girls were roomies) and it was cooked with coca cola?
Aghhh I'm so hungry!
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