From Tokyo to Kyoto

We said goodbye to Tokyo this morning and our perfect little hotel set up at Sotetsu Fresa Inn, Daimon. Our next stop on this Japan adventure is the ancient capital of Kyoto.

We'd booked Shinkansen tickets from Tokyo Station to Kyoto - a 460 klm journey taking just 2 hours 15 minutes by Japan's fast bullet train.

We saw a fair bit of snow approaching Kyoto from Nagoya.

We've booked a small apartment in Kyoto, a short walk from the station. It's nice to be able to stretch out a bit after after our "compact stay" in our Tokyo hotel........ and a bonus is that Ella can access her Netflix account here!!

We've got a shopping mall (Aeon Mall) next door and a Baskin & Robbins on tap.

We went for a long walk late this afternoon to give Ella a taste of this town .......

.... and Kyoto's Kamo-gawa river, looking very peaceful in the late afternoon light .....