Nara Hotel

We arrived to Kyoto in the early afternoon and were pleased to find out that our hotel was directly above the train station, in a building with a very impressive and unique architectural style. This building has several different stories with different features including a mall, an enormous food court, a movie theater and our hotel, the Hotel Granvia Kyoto. Our hotel… In search of geishas

  Her had tried to get a cheap hotel but either they were full or would could not communicate with him.  It was a holiday week in Japan but some of the cheaper hotels in Japan do not seem to like to do business with foreigners that do not speak Japanese.  It was getting… A lost Scotsman and one last temple

Luckily back at the hotel, Nadean and I still had a pack of instant rice to make later so that we didn’t have to go out to find dinner. I also enjoyed the fact that the hotel had a communal kitchen that we could use anytime! Especially since… Day Eight--Nara

hotel.   Our hotel had a couple of private ofuro (bathtubs) for guests to use (500 yen for 40 min.). At traditional Japanese inns, they often have big communal bathes. They can be so spacious and wonderful, but if you don't want to share… Deer Chasing Day

Although I wanted to have a noodle dish or some other authentic cuisine, Chris wanted something more familiar, so we finally agreed to eat at an italian restaurant in the mall. When we finished eating, we walked around the mall for awhile and then decided to return to the hotel room early and relax for the remainder of the evening. … Kyoto and Nara, part 2