2/16 evening: After
getting off of the shinkansen (bullet train) I found my way to the hostel and
checked in. After talking to the girl at the desk about things to check out, I
hopped on a train to an area west of Kyoto with some temples and a bamboo grove. I ended up not walking through the bamboo
grove, but I think I saw it from a temple I went to. The temple had very cool
gardens, and it started to snow, which made it look even cooler. After the
garden closed, I wandered around the neighborhood for a while, eventually
heading back to the hostel. They recommended a ramen place, but there was a
really long line, so I wandered around until I found a restaurant that seemed
to have an English menu and looked reasonably priced. It ended up being a good
find, with tall beers and my spot at the bar gave me a good vantage point to
see what the head chef was doing. I got some noodles, and managed to
successfully ask for a spoon in Japanese ("supunu"). I was extremely
tired when I got back to the hospital. We'll blame it on jet lag.
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