Yesterday we went on a walk with a famous guide called Johnny Hillwalker who is an old Japanese man in his 70's who takes foriegners on walks to show them another side of Kyoto. Alan had found a pamphlet of his at the airport and the kids were really keen. He charges $20 per head (kids free) and had close to 30 people on the walk. It is probably a nice income for him. He is a very calm and fairly well organized person. He has been doing the walk for 12 years three times a week, 9 months a year, so he has had a lot of time to get it down pat. It was a bit long at 5 hours but I think on the whole it was a good experience. I think the kids got quite a lot out of it too.
We also managed to knock off another two world heritage sites yesterday but I fear many of the 12 we have left in Kyoto will not be seen by me in this lifetime. Jacob has his heart set on the Museum of Manga and I think everyone wants to go to the National Museum. We made an aborted attempt to go to this and several other closed places on Monday.
We had to move out of our first Kyoto hotel after two days because the room had been rented. We moved to this hotel for three nights, but we are having to go back to the first place tonight for our last two nights. There is someone else booked into the room we have here for tonight. We have decided to just stay in Kyoto for the whole week instead of trying to rush round it and any other city. There is plenty to see here anyway.
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So on 'the other side of Kyoto' is it an industrial wasteland spewing forth tons of greenhouse gasses?
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