Archive for September, 2006

Two Words: Monkey Park

This photo caught our monkey friend with his mouth open, since he was yelling something about expecting a really big banana for having to pose with these two idiots. Now, anyone who knows me is certainly aware of my affinity for all things simian. Everything is better when you add monkeys, right? So imagine my [...]

Two machiya in Kyoto

Most machiya, including that housing the Nunoya ryokan, include a nice enclosed garden. Finally managing to get out of Saijo for a few days of travel before returning stateside, we spent a few days in the old Japanese capital of Kyoto. We split our stay between a fairly expensive (for our budget) traditional ryokan, and [...]