{"id":65,"date":"2003-11-23T23:00:02","date_gmt":"2003-11-23T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=65"},"modified":"2022-08-20T19:04:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T03:04:04","slug":"kyoto_arrival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/kyoto_arrival\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyoto Arrival"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve arrived in Kyoto for the first of two “trips within trip” of this Japan trip via Tokaido Shinkansen, 2 hours, 43 minutes exactly.<\/p>\n

Even though Kyoto City is just over 1 million people, I don’t find it as overwhelming as Tokyo. It feels more comfortable and the people seem more relaxed.<\/p>\n

I’m staying at a guesthouse called J-Hoppers<\/a>. It was founded by a motorcyclist who did one of those “Around the World” motorcycle trips. He was so inspired by the hospitality he received that he decided to open up a guesthouse to return the good graces he received on the road in his home town of Kyoto.<\/p>\n

This is the nicest guesthouse I have ever been in.<\/p>\n

The facilities are clean and new, the staff isn’t surly and there’s free food in the fridge!<\/p>\n

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There’s a common area where you can make meals and eat\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even though I’m in a dormitory (for $25\/night!), it’s still nicer than my last place.<\/p>\n

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US$25.00\/night for a bunk.\u00a0\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And the bathrooms here are more like someone’s home as opposed to a subway’s. They even have the heated bidet butt dryer toilet seat on all of the toilets! Wah!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve arrived in Kyoto for the first of two “trips within trip” of this Japan trip via Tokaido Shinkansen, 2 hours, 43 minutes exactly. Even though Kyoto City is just over 1 million people, I don’t find it as overwhelming as Tokyo. It feels more comfortable and the people seem more relaxed. I’m staying at … <\/p>\n

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