Wed 20th, started with a morning stoll up to the temples on my door step, along Sahnen-zaka, a street of tea houses and gift shops, a pretty arrangement of timber framed buildings but a little twee. The road at the top of the hill enters Chawan-zaka, which happens to be known as Teapot Lane, so you know what lies along there. Stepping up finally, to the Pagoda that marks the entry point to the most significant temple complex on the east side of Kyoto is Kiyomiza-...

The long night...or was it day? a comfy 747 ride out, my own tv, two meals and three movies later...but no sleep left me at Narita Airport with a visa debit card that woulnt work! Always take money will be my future maxim, after an hour going through the excess of plastic I found a credit card that works, a trip to the bank on Monday methinks. The overiding memory however, will be Mount Fuji coming into view from the porthole window on a clear early morning over ...