{"id":716,"date":"2008-01-09T15:41:53","date_gmt":"2008-01-09T15:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=716"},"modified":"2022-08-22T15:57:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T23:57:35","slug":"a_belated_story_from_kyoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/a_belated_story_from_kyoto\/","title":{"rendered":"A belated Kyoto Station story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: Yeah, this happened when I was in Kyoto last November. It’s been a busy month!
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\nAfter my long hike up and down \u4f0f\u898b\u7a32\u8377\u5927\u793e<\/a> (Fushimi Inari Taisha), I stopped off at Kyoto Station (eki) to confirm my ticket to Tokyo the next day. On my way out, I wound up doing a double take when this girl who was having a smoke recognised me. Me? Who do I know in Kyoto?<\/p>\n

Then it hit me. Moonwalker Bar!<\/a> Last night! <\/strong> Red cardigan sweater! Why do I remember this trivial detail instead of “wow, whatta babe” or her name? Then it hit me again. I think I got into a slightly drunken debate with Yuki-chan about types of sweaters and she was wearing a red cardigan. Yuki-chan was wearing a black pullover. Yeah, that’s it. And that’s how she remembered me!<\/p>\n

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Kyoto Station Bus Terminal where Yuki-chan spotted me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We wound up borrowing each other for a couple of hours, getting to know the other (and for me to practice non-existent language skills).<\/p>\n

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I told her, \u3042\u306a\u305f \u548c \u7f8e\u4eba \u3067\u3059<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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and then she promptly started to giggle! (universal language) A lot!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And that was pretty much how our conversation went (in broken Japanese & English and a lot of laughing), until her long distance bus arrived to take her back to her college. And the reason why we guys don’t shoot from the hip when it comes to the opposite sex.<\/p>\n

Now what was this (besides two months late)? Was it fate, coincidence, beauty or weirdness that makes a good travel story?\u00a0 Who knows. I know that she’s studying painting and wants to one day open up an art gallery\/cafe somewhere in Tokyo. Somehow I can imagine being in Daikanyama and talking about sweaters while having a doppio expresso crema when I see her again (purely by chance). Think I’ll get comped?\u00a0 Only if I’m wearing a cardigan that day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note: Yeah, this happened when I was in Kyoto last November. It’s been a busy month! After my long hike up and down \u4f0f\u898b\u7a32\u8377\u5927\u793e (Fushimi Inari Taisha), I stopped off at Kyoto Station (eki) to confirm my ticket to Tokyo the next day. On my way out, I wound up doing a double take when … <\/p>\n

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