For our second week in Kyoto, we moved to another adorable renovated house, this time with a lovely private garden. You could see it from the dining room and also the bathroom. I sat and watched the leaves fluttering at all times of the day, in both rain and sunshine…
We celebrated our wedding anniversary with a spectacular meal at Kushiage Omoto. Kushikatsu is our favourite Japanese food that just doesn’t seem to be available outside Japan. The chef brought out each stick one by one as it was cooked, so it was piping hot and fresh. This kind of meal is perfect for sketching, and I captured the whole evening in one drawing.
The house was within easy reach of the Kamogawa River, and we would often walk there, admiring the greenery and mountain views. We even managed to find a cafe one day that looked over the river in the rain.
We walked one early evening in the Kyoto Imperial Palace Gardens, and I managed a simple sketch in the dusk.
As it was Golden Week when were there, we avoided the central parts of Kyoto as much as possible, to keep away from the masses of tourists, but we did pop in to Gion to take a look around. We saw an amazing heron in the shallow river, who had caught some sort of eel. He managed to swallow it whole!
We visited the Toji Temple Antique Market on an extremely hot and sunny weekend, and I wandered happily for hours browsing the many stalls.
We ate so many incredible meals, and found lots of pretty places to eat. I don’t think we could ever get bored of eating out in Kyoto.
I spent alot of time walking, and loved finding the little corners filled with plants outside people’s houses. I wonder if this is a place I could live one day…
