Not another travel Blog

This may be a little scatty but the last few days have been a little like that. I`ve really just spent time walking around the city and visting things i stumble upon, rather than searching out particular hotspots.One of the days i rented a bike and spent the entire day just wizzing around from place to place. Makes a nice change from walking. I rode over to the manga museum at one point which had previously been shut and spent a good hour out in the sun reading `lady snowblood vol 1`... the place is basically just a library dedicated to manga. There`s exhibitions and workshops etc but for the most part it`s just books and DVDs which you take and read or watch in one of the rooms or outside on their terrace. There was an international section and a kids bit aswell, so yeah, it was a pretty relaxed day. To be honest it`s been soo hot here lately part of the fun has just being doing quite little while out in sun.I did go to the imperial palace today though, it`s free to be taken around, you just have to apply for permission from the tourist office before hand that`s all. That was alright, to say it was the `Imperial Palace`, i don`t know, i guess i just expected it to be a bit more epic. I also went down the main geisha street (again). With it being my last day here i was hoping fate would do me a favour and maybe i`d see one. After a 10 minite wait hanging around one popped out of the door which was directly in front of me, i grabbed my camera, as u do, and took a few photos. As i did this others around me had noticed her and literally starting sprinting towards this girl, i think she was a Maiko, which is sort of a Geisha apprentice, and she looked petrified...these people were ramming photos directly in her face and stopping her from moving to were she was going, and i just felt horrible that i`d somehow been a part of this mob that had continued following her down the street. So i left after that. 12 days to see a Geisha, and when i happen to see one i left in a downbeat mood :(

Off to Hiroshima today for 3 nights and seeing as i`ve given the camera a rest for most of the last couple of days i`m really looking forward to arriving somewhere new and exploring a whole new area of Japan. Washings done, batteries are charged and the blogs up to date. Just a relaxing 2 hour train ride to go.



On a forgetful note, i bumped into some school kids the other day at To-Ji flea market. They were doing their english assignment and had to interview english speaking people i.e "me" (although you wouldn`t guess it from reading this blog). It was really sweet as they read sentacaces off these bits of paper and tried to respond to my answers. Their english teacher sort of listened over my shoulder accessing them on how they were doing and after they all wanted signatures and photos, it was a nice moment and thought i`d write it up seeing as it popped into my head.