A Travel Diary
Time to go home
It’s been a fun and interesting almost three weeks, but it’s time to head back home and I’m ready to leave. Walking on average about 5 miles a day is part of it (which tbh is a personal choice), and navigating the language/culture challenge daily also leades to some fatigue. Dinner is usually the biggest…
The world of the Geiko
The trip is starting to draw to a close, but one quintessential Kyoto experience remains. As part of a tour of the Geisha districts of Kyoto, we were able to have lunch with a performance by an apprentice geisha. In Kyoto, geisha are called geiko, or “arts woman”, and the apprentice is a maiko or…
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