Monday, October 29, 2007

Gion district and around

We caught the firemen doing an exercise on the street.

«Big in Japan?» I really wonder how old this house is. Even I was a little too tall for the door.

The pagoda was closed, but it was still fun just to wander around the streets in this neighborhood.

About an hour before dinnertime, a man cleans the restaurant's door panels.

These aren't geishas; just regular girls dressed in their kimonos for some special occasion.

The (shallow) river around sunset

Ponto-chô is a long row of traditional restaurants and bars. The ones on the right generally overlook the river.

Sukiyaki for dinner: the raw meat and veggies are placed inside the container over the fire, which already has a tasty broth cooking inside, and then dipped in the raw egg.

Having a drink (or two) on a terrace over stilts, overlooking the river

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Just wondering if that was indeed a fanny pack (a very large one at that) Steve was sporting.

SN said...

Haha! It's the camcorder case, which we usually carry on our back. However, usually by the end of the day it becomes heavier and the fanny pack look becomes suddenly very appealing.