Category Archives: Japanese Days-Diary of a Film

11/11/2007  Sun Received answers to our e-mails form Akira Suzuki and Paul Cunningham. Akira san lives about 15 minutes walk away from where we are living in Suitengumae. I was just looking at the map and we are right in … Continue reading →

12/11/2007 Monday Settling in a bit more although its still difficult to aclimitise. Its not like we are here on holiday. There is a lot to organise: finding places to buy food, places to eat and organising our schedule. Went … Continue reading →

16/11/2007 Friday Gradually getting some kind of rhythm into our stay here and settling into the rhythm of life in Tokyo. Already visited the National Museum of Japan in Ueno Park. Excellent  exhibition of art from the Tokugawa period – … Continue reading →

20/11/2007 Monday,   Arrived in Kyoto  on Saturday in the afternoon by train. Saw mount Fuji in the distance from the train window, although it looked quite close due to its immense size and height.   Yesterday kept the day … Continue reading →

Yesterday was a long day.　Started early in the morning at Nijo Castle. Large complex with palace inside the castle perimeter and gardens. Inside the palace is a large building which has walkways inside which squeak like birds singing or geese … Continue reading →

22/11/2007 Thurs   Terribly cold today but all the same we braved the weather and visited several temples.  At one temple the Abbott was on duty and he signed a copy of the guide book we bought. Lovely middle aged … Continue reading →

27/11/2007 Wed Achieved a lot in The last few days since last entry. Spent an entire day at Gion, a region in Kyoto not far from us which seems mainly for Japanese locals. Originally it was a Geisha region but … Continue reading →

01/12/2007 Saturday   Back in Tokyo after two weeks in Kyoto. Some last minute photos and then we checked out of the hotel and got a taxi to the station. There we had a meal in the hi tech architecture … Continue reading →

02/12/2007 Sunday   Back in Tokyo. Spent most of yesterday resting at home, then in the evening went out and found a cheap nearby restaurant which served up huge portions of Japanese food. Walked further on  to a bridge which … Continue reading →