Kyoto
Jon recently found out he’s “on call” this weekend and not working in the office! This may not be that exciting to you, but it means that we get to take a long-awaited weekend trip to Kyoto!
Kyoto is the former capitol of Japan, about 2.5 hours away by bullet train. Not only will it be exciting to see the city, which is supposed to ooze with history (it is one of the only majour cities in Japan that was not burned to the ground during warfare. Most japanese buildings have been rebuilt.), but it’s cherry blossom season and we get to take the bullet train!
This is so awesome, for so many reasons. Kyoto is one of the best places in the country to stay in a ryokan, or traditional Japanese style lodging. They’re tremendously expensive but are supposed to be one of the best ways to “splurge” on your Japanese vacation. Everything is good, right? Because it’s cherry blossom season, we’re going on what will potentially be the most beautiful weekend of the year.
Good. Well. We apparently are not the only ones with such high thoughts of Kyoto. Nearly every ryokan, hotel, and hostel is completely booked. We can’t even find one of those cheap “back up plan” hotels.
For all that, we MAY have to sleep in the train station.