Today, we left Kyoto. We thought we were lucky because it was cloudy and rainy. Our train was not the bullet train this time, but still fast.
The group we have been traveling with has not been committed on group traveling, so Perry and I bought our tickets for a time that sounded good. At the station, we met one of the group members. They were taking a train 20 minutes before us.
On the train, Perry ate his first real bento. Bento is a word for "lunch box". Sort of. Anyway, it's possible to buy these on long distance train rides. Perry got a sushi bento. I got a beef bento. They were both good, although Perry's looked more like a snack with less than 5 pieces of sushi.
We transferred a couple of times, our stations getting smaller and smaller. After one of the transfers, we spotted someone from our trip heading to the bathroom. Everyone was on the same final train to Nagasaki.
On the last leg of our trip, we realized that the rain in Kyoto followed us to Nagasaki, where it rained even more.
Arriving early afternoon, Takayuki-san met us at the train station with Fumiko-san, and Chizuko-san. All three will be visiting Minnesota in August for the mayoral delegation visit.
Giving us an hour or two to settle into our rooms, we all met back at the mall for dinner.
Unfortunately, this was the only time the whole group did anything together.
The food was very fresh tasting and and the room looked like an IKEA advertisement. I provided sweets from Kyoto for dessert since the castilla was a little dry.
After dinner, we met with our friend Kaho. She took us to an Izakaya restaurant. Izakaya just means it's a Japanese bar and restaurant. It was great catching up with her.
We went back to our hotel and slept soundly.
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