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Although there are many temples, shrine and places to see in Kyoto,

people don’t have time to visit all of places.

My recommendation is that having a theme of which one wants to see and absorb.For example,visiting places which came out in the tale of Genji.

On Feb 2008, I and my german friend went to Kyoto but we only have a day.

Therefore we dicided to visit some places and “Three biggest gate in Kyoto.

” Those are located in Nanzen temple, Ninna temple(a world heritage) and Chion-in. Nanzen temple is located in east side of Kyoto,and between Ginkaku temple and Chion-in.

We went Nanzen temple from Ginkaku temple on foot. It took 30 min.

( It was far but  Tetsugaku no michi( the load of Philosphy leading to Nanzen temple) was beautiful especially in Spring season.   Nanzen temple was buit in 1291.

The big gate called ” San mon” was built in 1628 by Takatora Todo. This temple is above the Go-san(Five mountain) and the status of this temple in Rin-zai Zen is the highest.

If you go there, I want you to see a waterway in Nazen temple area. This waterway constructed between Lake Biwa and Kyoto city almost 200 years ago.

Cherry blossom in Nanzen temple is one of the most famous and beautiful in Kyoto. Coming Spring must be great but there are too many people …..

We didn’t have time to go up “San mon” but poeple can go. It cost ¥500.The web of Nanzen temple is here(http://nanzenji.com/english/index.html ). 

-Nanzen Temple-

[Address] Fukuchi cho, Nanzen-Ji,Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi 

 [Access] Keage station (Subway Touzai line)

 [Hours]　12/1~2/28 8:40~16:40, 3/1~11/30 8:40~17:00 

[Spot] The Big gate, The waterway, Cherry blossom in Spring, The ceiling of Hond, Houjo etc.

頭の回転が遅い[あたまのかいてんがおそい, atama no kaiten ga osoi] be slow; be slow on the uptake; be dull or dimwitted

This expression is quite similar to atama ga warui except in my opinion, it’s a bit more colorful.

kaiten is spinning or turning. And in the case of a dull person, it just doesn’t spin fast enough.

The reverse is also said of someone who is pretty sharp - in that case,

頭の回転が速い[あたまのかいてんがはやい, atama no kaiten ga hayai] be quick; be quick on the uptake; be sharp

Which have you heard said about you? Sharp as a tack or dumber than a box of rocks?

頭が悪い[あたまがわるい, atama ga warui] be dumb; be slow

Yup, the Japanese can insult with the best of them.

When a person just doesn’t get it, can’t figure it out, can’t be taught, or is just plain slow to come around..s/he is said to have a bad (warui) head.

It’s different in the west. When a person is said to have a bad head, it means they are intent on doing wrong. They are evil. They can, in fact, be very sharp, just on the wrong side of the law.

It might be more of a testimony to what I don’t know than what I do, but these ten expressions never made it into any conversation that I was a part of.

Does that mean they are not useful?

It meant that to me.

Have you ever heard them used?

Have you ever tried using them?

足がつく[あしがつく, ashi ga tsuku] leave tracks

足が遠退く[あしがとおのく, ashi ga toonoku] be far away; keep away; visit less often

足が速める[あしがはやめる, ashi ga hayameru] pick up the pace; walk faster

足でまとい[あしでまとい, ashi de matoi] a drag; a person who is a burden

足止めをする[あしどめをする, ashidome o suru] slow down; stop

足並みをそろえ[あしなみをそろえて, ashinami o soroete] cooperate

足元に付け込む[あしもとにつけこむ, ashimoto ni tsukekomu] have a person at a disadvantage

足元の明るいうちに[あしもとのあかるいうちに, ashimoto no akarui uchi ni] a thing should be done before it is too late

足を奪われる[あしをうばわれる, ashi o ubawareru] be deprived of

足を出す[あしをだす, ashi o dasu] reveal a secret; let the cat out of the bag

Off the top of my head, I can think of a few things we Americans say with our feet -

Costs an arm and a leg = way too expensive.

Have a leg up on someone = be ahead of someone else in ability.

Pulling my leg = teasing me.

He has one foot in the grave = really old, almost dead.

He will foot the bill = he will pay for us.

Can you think of others?

I ran a business, fought with the auditors from the Tokyo Tax Bureau (IRS-types) and taught Japanese people about Japan in Japanese among other things. I learned the language. Not perfectly, mind you, but more than enough to just get by.

Here at Japan-Hopper, I’d like to share some of the lessons I learned, on the street

You got to start somewhere, so I will begin with Japanese body language, from the feet up.

足が遅い[あしがおそい, ashi ga osoi] be slow; be a slow walker; be slow on one’s feet

Easy enough to grasp, ashi = leg or foot and osoi is to be slow.

One’s legs are slow.

My Japanese friends and the parents of other kids I met at school undou kais (athletic festivals) used to say this about me when I participated in running races.

“We don’t have much chance of winning this race. Not with that big fellow our team. He runs slower than molasses.”

“Yeah, but I’ll bet he’ll be useful in the tug-o-war.”

Sure enough. They would just pounded me in the ground and tie a rope around my waist. Sometimes, we even won.

In Eda-jinja Shrine,  November 21-22 2007

Though it was the sea of Hokkaido, The transparency of the sea was like the sea of Okinawa.
Shimamui Shore(島武意海岸,Shimamui kaigan). Here is chosen as “100 selections of Japanese beaches”.

Kamui Cape(神威岬,Kamui misaki)

If you’re to spend the most fantastic night…completely different from any other busy cities, I mean, your own night…then, please visit Hita!

This is Yakatabune, a houseboat, floating on Mikuma river.

Now you can see it in detail. This is quite large, and is like `a moving Japanese Ryokan’!

Dinner will be served individually.

Yakatabune (houseboat) cruise starts around 6 o’clock in the evening.
Yukata, the Japanese costume is available. For laides, there’re a variety of colours and designs to choose. For men, sorry, there’s only one pattern, but still, it’s very nice to wear Yukata.

For customers who’d like to buy Yukata, there’re brand new ones to offer, for 4,200 yen, including a pair of Japanese slippers (Geta).

Now, let me explain how Yakatabune (houseboat) cruise goes.
It takes about two hours.

What you can enjoy during the two hours are;

Cormorants fishing show.

Japanese style dinner, where the finest and local fish and vegitables will be served.

Beautiful to see, delicious to eat.

Lion dance (Shishimai) show, Japanese Drum show, and others.
(You can enjoy the cruise not only with your eyes, but also with your ears.)

From Fukuoka airport or city center to Hita, it’s only a little more than an hour.
From Tokyo to Fukuoka airport, it’s only 1′30”-2′00”.

Other than this, In Kyushu area (South Japan), you can enjoy Onsen, Japanese hot spring, seasonal festivals, food, nature, culture, shopping (You can get almost everything there’s in Tokyo in Fukuoka　city center!).

This Yakatabune tour is organized by Mikuma-hotel, and other several hotels.

If you’re interested, and to plan the Yakatabune tour, please contact me.

What you can do here is,

1. Pearl-picking

Choose one of the pearl oysters,
Carefully, pick up the pearl.

Now the pearl is yours!
(Pearl picking is for 500 yen. You can ask for fixing it to a pendant for additional 2,000 yen.)

2. `Pearl Queen’ Cruising

1,200 yen for adults, 600 yen for children (up to 6th grade).

Or if you’re to bring your children, why not try Pirate Ship, `Kaizoku-sen‘, which has more entertainment? (the same price).

3. Explore an aquarium which has sea creatures and international ship models.

How friendly he is!

Besides, you can enjoy yacht, sailing and kayaking.

ACCESS

From Tokyo
Tokyo -<1′35” by airplane>-Nagasaki, 14 flights a day
From Nagasaki airport, take JR express train, ship `Ocean Line’ or Highway bus.

From Fukuoka
Take JR express train `Midori’ to Sasebo station(1′50”). 16 rails a day.

*Let me add that Last Samurai (the film) has 99-Islands scene, with Tom Cruise sailing on the yacht.

For your own tour arrangement including this spot, please contact me, thank you.