at shoji-san's restaurant in okazaki - toraya 

we saw this in osaka - memoirs of a geisha. it was great 

in izakaya ja nai, okazaki - notice the couple sitting with us - they were sitting behind us in the restaurant pic and decided to come with us to the foreigner bar. shoji is in the background 

more kiyomizudera 

at shoji-san's restaurant - our neighbor's fire was much larger than ours 

at cafe comme ca in aeon shopping center, okazaki - awaiting our tasty cakes 

it's cold!! 

at shoji-san's house for nabe - adam, marlena, and me 

waiting for okazaki train 

crazy dressers on our train from nagoya to okazaki 

gion area, kyoto 

up the hill to kiyomizudera, kyoto 

our one-arm photo 

classic kiyomizudera 

kiyomizudera temple - side view 

kiyomizudera 

after new year's - steph, mac, marlena, and i had to hit mr. donuts to start our new year's resolutions 

what are we doing? 

no explanation needed - kyoto 

breakfast in the osaka train station 

taiko drum game in amerika-mura, osaka - i love this game 

our room in osaka - cozy, huh? not as small as the room in tokyo, though 

at sazae in osaka - new year's. takao (i think his name?) was crazy excited to be there 

sazae 

sazae in osaka - new year's