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 Does travel make you more creative? More compassionate?Yes, if you travel with those intentions. 

Kyoto: Touring Around Typhoon Trami

9/30/2018

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We figured we had a morning and perhaps afternoon to explore Kyoto before the typhoon was to pay a visit. The one a few weeks before had hit Osaka pretty bad but this one was expected to miss Kyoto. Plus, we were in a solid hotel. We went to Kizomizudera first, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Had to do my ancestral prayers.
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We were wondering why these statues had aprons. I think we did get an answer. What was it?
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We did drink the sacred water.
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Serene crane. A lesson in patience.
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I always have to have a quest of some kind. This one is to try different flavors of soft serve ice cream. This is mattcha.
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we took a cab to Ginkakuji (Silver Temple) and did not spend much time there. I only have a few photos.
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By chance found this cute cafe called Gospel cafe. I thought we were going to be sucked into going to an evangelical church but no, it was just a cafe. Polly had a scone and tea and really enjoyed it. Sherry and I had a meal. I don’t think it was anything special, but it sufficed.
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We made our way back to the hotel by taxi. We found a huge department store near us and also a grocery store. We did what good Guam girls do when there’s a typhoon coming, get food supplies! While we waited for the storm to pass, I tried to teach them how to play the hanafuda card game that I bought at the department store. The storm passed in the night without incident. This was the same one that hit Okinawa pretty bad, so we did worry. But grateful that it barely affected our trip.
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