Back to Tokyo

Did I get a surprise when I sat down on the toilet this morning. It was hot and I jumped ten feet into the air. I guess that is what they do when it gets cold here and cold it certainly is. Anyway, we had a lovely day in Kyoto visit an ancient shrine and temple. There are loads of them here, but as Jerry says, you look at the outside and take pictures, then you take your shoes off and go inside and you can't take pictures so you go outside and put your shoes back on.

We returned to Tokyo just a few minutes ago. It is all lit up and there is Christmas music everywhere as well as people coughing and sneezing all over you. I think that is why they wear the masks. Tomorrow is our last day and we are going to a Shinto shrine that is very famous and where the surrounding area is like ancient Japan. It sounds very interesting. Anyway, we are really sick of malls even though the stuff in them is beautiful. We continue to interact with people and are loving it. We did,however, get lost in the Kyoto train station. It is massive and much bigger than any airport. The train system is phenomenal.

We have a cute room right near the Tokyo Station which is in a cute little neighborhood all decorated for the holidays and loads of people running around. In are room are the usual little gifts and amenities such as the cute little pajamas and slippers and little bags filled with cosmetics for the ladies. This certainly seems to be a prosperous society. Everyone is running around with packages. I do notice that many of the women seem to have osteoporosis. Maybe it's because when they were young children during the war they didn't have enough to eat. Everything went to armaments so I think people lacked the proper nourishment. Many people are bow legged and pigeon toed as well. It's really strange. Some of the teenagers are very tall but most people are quite little. And they all eat like horses. I don't get it. They order bowls of food that look like horse troughs and finish every bit. Yet they are so little. Am I missing something here? Well, we are about to take our evening walk in the freezing cold and get our usual Japanese bowl of soup with who knows what in it. If we both don't get pneumonia it will be a miracle!

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