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Ticket counters for my Shinkansen ride to Kyoto
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Photography of the trains was difficult at Tokyo station due to the barriers
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No, that's the next car, mine is still closed
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My seat is in car-6 which is still closed for cleaning
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Literally flying through the suburbs of Tokyo
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And the passing Shinkansen is just a blur!
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You hardly hear anything inside the train though
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Right side, window seat they said- first glimpse of Mt.Fuji
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Mt. Fuji- I was apprehensive that this would be it
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Ah, there is Mt. Fuji in all her glory!
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The iPhone colours are better- should have shot it in landscape mode though
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My seat mate was amused at all my antics over Mt. Fuji!
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Walking to the Pontocho dining street in Kyoto
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The very atmospheric Pontocho dining street in Kyoto
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It was pretty cold so the crowds are ralatively thin
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All formal Japanese cafes- no fast food here
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Simple hand written menus- but the meals were pretty pricey
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Some Pontocho cafes have Westertnized themselves a bit
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An increasing number of establishments offer English menus
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A more distant look at the Westernized traditional Japanese eatery in Pontocho alley
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Traditional Japanese umbrellas outside a traditional Japanese cafe
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Traditional Japanese doo dads on display outside a cafe in Pontocho
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Peek a boo inside one of the more modern cafes on Pontocho
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This nice gentleman was soliciting for customers- I later ate there
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My first dish there was four types of cheese with crackers
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Enjoying my cheese and crackers in a semi- traditional cafe on Pontocho alley
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For my main course I went for the Pontoyaki
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There is my Pontoyaki- kind of a veg patty with veg slices
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My Pontoyaki halfway through my demolishing it
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I did buy oyster balls from this gentleman but don't remember tasting them
