A Wet Day

Woke up this morning to rain, which continued all day. Puled on a waterproof and walked the 15 minutes to the National Museum Kyoto, expecting it to be all one building. Instead found that it was spread across a few buildings, and therefore I could not even leave my wet stuff in one place! Had a look round the permanent collection and a special collection of ink drawings and screens. If anything it was raining harder when I walked back to the hotel!

After lunch it was still pouring down, so decided to stay in the hotel and go for a swim. There were several strange aspects to going swimming here. Firstly, you had to pay, despite staying at the hotel. This I had expected (and think it is worse at my next hotel). Secondly you had to wear a swimming hat, even if your hair is like mine! This was quite strange, particularly as (of course) they only had bright purple ones that you could wear! Thirdly there was a long list of rules and regulations, including no tattoos! Whilst (naturally) it didn't worry me, whether this would apply if you were David Beckham or Robbie Williams, I don't know... Still, made it in there and did 2km.

For my final night in Kyoto went back to the collection of restaurants at the top of the station, and had a Japanese-style meal (including some sushi and tempura) for dinner.