Chris Meigh-Andrews

Here is my Kyoto base, which seems to be a fair way out of town in an area called Kita-Ku, but it is near to the Kamo-Gawa (River Kamo) and I should be able to cycle in to town from here along the river and also to get to and from Kyoto-Seika University, so it should be a convenient enough location. There is also a bus into town and an all night supermarket just down the road.

I’m still not sure what time it is, or how to find anything, but although it’s only 5:21 AM local time, I’m up and about and trying to organise my little “traditional 3 mat room”….The train ride from Tokyo Narita airport and Kyoto was easy, efficient and comfortable- pity I fell asleep and missed my view of Mount Fuji!

By the afternoon of Monday, Sept 13th I’ll be on my way to Japan. My flight is due to arrive at Tokyo Narita airport on the morning of Sept 14th and I’ll be taking the famous “Bullet Train” to Kyoto later that day. I plan to keep a blog whilst I’m away, and will try to include images and video clips of what I see and where I go as part of an attempt to keep a record of my visit. 

This is just a little test to make sure that I’m pressing the right buttons and by way of an introduction to this blog. I’m guessing I’ll be too jet-lagged to do much at the end of the first day, but plan after that to try to write something each day.