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Intriguing! 😃

Perfect, would adopt in a heartbeat

Loved William as a kid 😃

Cool 😃

Oh I've seen that pop up, will give it a follow

I'm glad you did because now we can all look at him 😺

That's an awful thing to do to a small business

In Osaka. I'm not the only one 😃

One more Shinkansen video for the fans

A Zen garden flanked by trees with red leaves

A stone lantern covered in moss among green leaves

An inquisitive orange koi surfacing to see if I have any food

Star shaped green leaves on a pond surface. A red acer leaf and two yellow leaves stand out

Last day in Kyoto, rented a bike and admired the Autumn leaves 🍁

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It's very tranquil 😃

Me leaning over a sheet of Japanese writing copying the characters

A close up of my hands on the paper and the Japanese writing I'm doing

Today I was back at Calligraphy Kyoto working on improving my handwriting. Chifumi Sensei is an excellent teacher and I always enjoy my studies here

Me standing in full Samurai armour with the katana pointing down

Me standing in full Samurai armour with the katana raised

Me in loose training gear holding the katana low

Thanks to @kyoto__samurai for a fantastic experience learning about sword techniques and wearing #Samurai armour. Highly recommended for any of my friends travelling to #Kyoto

Me sitting with a tray of two wagashi that I made on a leaf shaped plate

A tray with a leaf shaped plate and a cup of sencha. The two wagashi I made are pink shaped like a chrysanthemum and sakura

The lady demonstrates how to make wagashi, she is wearing a white apron

Many thanks @wagashiissho for a fascinating afternoon learning to make wagashi! 美味しかったです

Almost every Japanese architectural treasure has signage telling you when the original burnt down and who constructed the reproduction

It was very soothing. I tend to avoid some of the animal attractions in case they aren't well treated but the fish seemed to enjoy it

View by Nijo Castle down the moat to the buildings and hills beyond

North Kyoto. I love how you can always see the misty hills in the distance

Been walking millions of miles round Kyoto so I went to a fish foot spa. It was mega tickly but very relaxing 😃🐠🐠🐠

Two black cats lying on an orange office chair

Whiskers on two cheeky kittens, Pepper and Chester say hi

Definitely! 😃

Yes isn't it 😃

Very large model of a sailing ship with cannons, not full size but a biggun

Model of HMS Victory

Model of Japanese sailing battleship Yamato

Model of the Titanic

Raining today so I had a trip over to Kobe Maritime Museum. Very interesting with superb model ships. Should have borrowed one to get back to my hotel 🤣☔️☔️☔️

Surprised anyone stayed on board long enough to raise the flag tbh

A black and white striped nautical signal flag with the meaning I AM ON FIRE AND HAVE DANGEROUS CARGO ON BOARD, KEEP WELL CLEAR OF ME.

Useful signal flag from Kobe Maritime Museum

I'm seeing it in the cinema on Monday - possibly in Japanese 😃

A model Charmander, Barry San the chicken mascot and a small green ninja mascot in a group together

He is, I was obliged to get a mini Barry san to join my travel squad

A chicken mascot statue in a crown wearing a blue Japanese jacket

Moving on to Kyoto today, went to say goodbye to Imabari mascot Barry san at the station. Very flattered he had his best jacket on for the occasion 🐣

Young people in red band uniforms performing outside

Me sitting on a sculpture of a sofa which seems to be made of bread

Artwork, a train station with miniature people, the trains are made of cakes, hotdogs and other food

Artwork, a train station with miniature people, the trains are made of cakes, hotdogs and other food

Crossed the island to Matsuyama today, caught an excellent concert by a youth wind band and found the art gallery had a Tatsuya Tanaka exhibition on, very nice day 😃

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