Reflection
We started out from the hotel taking the train station to what should have
been near the starting point. This simple task of finding Dogen’s Memorial stone
sent us in circles getting close but never quite close enough. In our travels we did try
to ask directions a few times which led to some confusion on both sides. Our limited
Japanese along with their limited English resulted in us finding where we were on
the map but not quite how to get to our destination. The heat was starting to take its
toll by the time we finally reached the starting point.
Starting at the Dōgen Memorial Stone we began to be able to truly flow
Ashburne’s path through Kyoto. Taking the ally down the side of the memorial to a
Shinto shrine we were greeted by a woman who told us a room in her house was on
air was on Air B n’B. She asked us what we were doing we said we were students.
Walking back to street we see a kitchen from the reading empty and silent. We head
east.
We pass a bento restaurant, and then enter a dog boutique. In the boutique
we saw a woman sorting pellets of dog food. I imagined human equivalent to be
somewhat of a lucky charms personalization. Scared someone would ask us what
we wanted for our dog we left and walked east further. We stopped in an alleyway,
which was the kandajin. I watched three Japanese children run through, their
guardian was acceptable of the behavior. I relaxed feeling more comfortable
knowing I didn’t have to be on my best behavior in these spaces. These quiet
refuges are nice surprises to us on a hot day in mid July as they are often shaded.
The 7-11 bared no difference, we stopped in; Water, coconut water, 1 cup Saki for
later. After a short breather outside under the awning, refreshed, we continued to
the market agreeing we had walked enough on someone else’s path. Now we
wanted to conceive our own walk.
Seeing a glimpse of the market gate felt so great after a long walk in this hot
weather. We were able to finally catch our breaths, cool down and enjoy the variety
of goods in there. When we got in first thing we were looking at was this beautiful
colored glass ceiling that’s seemed to never ends. Zoning out on this view makes you
somehow forget how crowded is the place down on the walking path. However,
seemed like people were comfortable enough to walk around and try the different
foods. Anyone would find it hard to believe that it was not so easy actually for us to
find a restaurant were we can all sit and eat. We found out that pretty much all of
the stores close around 2:00 after lunch and open up again around dinnertime.
Anyhow, we ended up going to MacDonald’s where some of us got food and some
just were fine with getting sitting to cool down and get some rest.
Word count: 512
We started out from the hotel taking the train station to what should have
been near the starting point. This simple task of finding Dogen’s Memorial stone
sent us in circles getting close but never quite close enough. In our travels we did try
to ask directions a few times which led to some confusion on both sides. Our limited
Japanese along with their limited English resulted in us finding where we were on
the map but not quite how to get to our destination. The heat was starting to take its
toll by the time we finally reached the starting point.
Starting at the Dōgen Memorial Stone we began to be able to truly flow
Ashburne’s path through Kyoto. Taking the ally down the side of the memorial to a
Shinto shrine we were greeted by a woman who told us a room in her house was on
air was on Air B n’B. She asked us what we were doing we said we were students.
Walking back to street we see a kitchen from the reading empty and silent. We head
east.
We pass a bento restaurant, and then enter a dog boutique. In the boutique
we saw a woman sorting pellets of dog food. I imagined human equivalent to be
somewhat of a lucky charms personalization. Scared someone would ask us what
we wanted for our dog we left and walked east further. We stopped in an alleyway,
which was the kandajin. I watched three Japanese children run through, their
guardian was acceptable of the behavior. I relaxed feeling more comfortable
knowing I didn’t have to be on my best behavior in these spaces. These quiet
refuges are nice surprises to us on a hot day in mid July as they are often shaded.
The 7-11 bared no difference, we stopped in; Water, coconut water, 1 cup Saki for
later. After a short breather outside under the awning, refreshed, we continued to
the market agreeing we had walked enough on someone else’s path. Now we
wanted to conceive our own walk.
Seeing a glimpse of the market gate felt so great after a long walk in this hot
weather. We were able to finally catch our breaths, cool down and enjoy the variety
of goods in there. When we got in first thing we were looking at was this beautiful
colored glass ceiling that’s seemed to never ends. Zoning out on this view makes you
somehow forget how crowded is the place down on the walking path. However,
seemed like people were comfortable enough to walk around and try the different
foods. Anyone would find it hard to believe that it was not so easy actually for us to
find a restaurant were we can all sit and eat. We found out that pretty much all of
the stores close around 2:00 after lunch and open up again around dinnertime.
Anyhow, we ended up going to MacDonald’s where some of us got food and some
just were fine with getting sitting to cool down and get some rest.
Word count: 512
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