Further on the Japanese railway theme, we saw these two posters in Kyoto in October, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Kyoto City Subway.
Embroidering the trains onto "gama-kuchi" (frog-mouth) purses cleverly ties the subway system to Kyoto's history.
These are just adorable:
Yōkan (羊羹) is a thick jellied dessert made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form, and eaten in slices. Kyoto is famous for it.
From the low number of views, it seems that not many people were interested in the train videos in our post a week ago. To show that we don't cave to popular opinion (or lack of it) here are two more.
A view of Kyoto rooftops on the way to Arashiyama (25 seconds)
For anyone who made it this far, click the map below to see the distance and route covered (blue line):
View Osaka to Shin-Osaka in a larger map
Okay, no more trains. Back to food and wine for a while.
Embroidering the trains onto "gama-kuchi" (frog-mouth) purses cleverly ties the subway system to Kyoto's history.
These are just adorable:
Yōkan (羊羹) is a thick jellied dessert made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form, and eaten in slices. Kyoto is famous for it.
From the low number of views, it seems that not many people were interested in the train videos in our post a week ago. To show that we don't cave to popular opinion (or lack of it) here are two more.
A view of Kyoto rooftops on the way to Arashiyama (25 seconds)
Going from Osaka station to Shin-Osaka, the first leg of the trip from Osaka to Kyoto. We cross the huge Yodo-gawa river at 55 seconds (2:32):
For anyone who made it this far, click the map below to see the distance and route covered (blue line):
View Osaka to Shin-Osaka in a larger map
Okay, no more trains. Back to food and wine for a while.
