{"id":1828,"date":"2012-09-05T11:19:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T03:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.com\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2012-09-05T11:19:07","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T03:19:07","slug":"kyoto-snapshots-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/?p=1828","title":{"rendered":"Kyoto Snapshots Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8041\/7888105600_41e65624c2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2157\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\nCan&#8217;t help but smile after seeing these buns<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8308\/7888132840_dd588ac5c8.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2162\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\nA Japanese home in the suburb of Arashiyama (\u5d50\u5c71)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8037\/7888135296_643278c4ea.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2165\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\nTraditional handicraft from Kyoto. I almost wanted to buy one but decided that I shouldn&#8217;t add to the stuff I have at home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8435\/7888137580_dd714d8166.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2167\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\nThe Japanese people are really adept at charming shop displays like that to lure customers into buying things!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8451\/7888144870_82c5e0168f.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2172\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" \/><br \/>\nMy delicious sushi dinner on my first night in Japan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8452\/7894406590_de1ac02dd3.jpg\" alt=\"IMGP5636\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" \/><br \/>\nAntique books with beautiful drawings and calligraphy\u00a0&#8211; the predecessors of manga perhaps?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8461\/7894412054_b5d872375c.jpg\" alt=\"IMGP5644\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" \/><br \/>\nEven signs telling you not to do something have to be cute.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8034\/7894416758_b5ce1f0082.jpg\" alt=\"IMGP5651\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" \/><br \/>\nDo these drawings make a root canal any less scary?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8180\/7894413380_51bbf59482.jpg\" alt=\"IMGP5646\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" \/><br \/>\nGiant omu rice<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8456\/7888146884_36ce16e12a.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2175\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\nThe neighbourhood of Sonobe (\u5712\u90e8) where my friend lives. It&#8217;s 40 minutes by JR train from Kyoto station and feels like an entirely differently world already. Small padi fields are interspersed between houses and the faint aroma of rice whiffs through the air as you walk past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can&#8217;t help but smile after seeing these buns A Japanese home in the suburb of Arashiyama (\u5d50\u5c71) Traditional handicraft from Kyoto. 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