This is the most splendid Japanese temple i have seen. It's called Kinkakuji, or 'Golden Pavilion'. It's calming to look at it and see the reflection in the pond, and the trees. It appears to be hovering. 
On the way to Kyoto, we saw snow! Kyoto is in central Japan, but it's surrounded by mountains, so the elevation allows for periodical snowfall. It was nice to see it from the train window. Actually, at Kinkakuji, it was snowing lightly and the sun was shining at the same time. 
We were invited to our friends' place (Greg and Maki), and they have a Nintendo Wii, so we played for a while. It was hilarious, but i'm terrible at video games. No matter how fast i shook those controllers, i couldn't win the 100m dash. 
This is the cake we ate on Christmas day with Greg and Maki. 
We couldn't help but covet this little bus. It's just sooooo kyoot! It's the new VW bus, and it's quite a bit smaller than the original ones. Christmas was very different than usual for us, but it was a treat to have some family around to hang out with and to open some gifts with. We didn't have turkey, or even KFC, but we did make sushi for Christmas dinner. Sometimes you just have to say, "when in Rome."
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Those miniature flower arrangements are fascinating, to me at least. I've always had a great interest in certain Japanese arts. I have no idea why, but they seem to reach inside me somehow. I find myself looking and looking and looking. I tend toward to simple and calming. I guess they bring me down from my usual hyper-active state. :o)> 9Yeah, right.....) That VW microbus makes an interesting Tonka Toy. I have this picture of a little child holding it while sitting on the floor and going, "Vrooom." Still, when you got no wheels..... I envy you two. I'd love to taste noodles like they're supposed to taste. Chopsticks might pose a certain difficulty though. I'm afraid I'm too well adapted to the multi-pronged food stabber/scoop. The hundreds, if not thousands of temples look soooo senic. And real dry gardens. Something about them I find so soothing. Their very barrenness seems to promote lack of busy thoughts. Sort of a state of Zen-like just being.
Love to you both UD
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