Sunday 8th Jan
Sunday morning involved doing a lot of laundry at the hotel, and then leaving my kids with my sister’s family and heading out to meet up with![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
nnozomi! We started with sushi at a delicious sushi train restaurant in Kyoto Station, and then wandered through the streets chatting and looking around. We eventually ended up at another cafe selling tea & scones & apple pie (I had the caramel apple pie), and then coordinated meeting up with everyone else on their way to Nijo Castle before nnozomi went back home. It was great meeting her and ambling around Kyoto, and I will now be staring at her photos of Japan even more wistfully.
( The rest of the day. )
Monday 9/1
I rounded my lot up and out and we made the 8.38 train from Kyoto. I panic-bought a large quantity of food from a French bakery in the station and then remembered after we sat down that you weren’t allowed to take food into Universal Studios, so we would have to eat it all on the train. This was not entirely successful. We had to change twice to get to Universal City (at Osaka and at Nishikujo) but it was all very organised with another train waiting for us on the adjacent platform, and we were inside the park by 9.30 with only minimal queuing.
( Universal Studios )
Universal versus Disney - if I had to pick one to go back to, it would be DisneySea, closely followed by Universal. I liked the food best at Universal (next time I go to Disney I am booking restaurants when the bookings open a month out) and they had some great individual rides as well as Nintendo World, but DisneySea was just so strong with its theming. There is a massive expansion at DisneySea due to open in 2024 - Fantasy Springs, which includes Frozen stuff - so maybe then if things work out.
Next up: kimono in Kyoto, and back to Tokyo
Sunday morning involved doing a lot of laundry at the hotel, and then leaving my kids with my sister’s family and heading out to meet up with
nnozomi! We started with sushi at a delicious sushi train restaurant in Kyoto Station, and then wandered through the streets chatting and looking around. We eventually ended up at another cafe selling tea & scones & apple pie (I had the caramel apple pie), and then coordinated meeting up with everyone else on their way to Nijo Castle before nnozomi went back home. It was great meeting her and ambling around Kyoto, and I will now be staring at her photos of Japan even more wistfully.( The rest of the day. )
Monday 9/1
I rounded my lot up and out and we made the 8.38 train from Kyoto. I panic-bought a large quantity of food from a French bakery in the station and then remembered after we sat down that you weren’t allowed to take food into Universal Studios, so we would have to eat it all on the train. This was not entirely successful. We had to change twice to get to Universal City (at Osaka and at Nishikujo) but it was all very organised with another train waiting for us on the adjacent platform, and we were inside the park by 9.30 with only minimal queuing.
( Universal Studios )
Universal versus Disney - if I had to pick one to go back to, it would be DisneySea, closely followed by Universal. I liked the food best at Universal (next time I go to Disney I am booking restaurants when the bookings open a month out) and they had some great individual rides as well as Nintendo World, but DisneySea was just so strong with its theming. There is a massive expansion at DisneySea due to open in 2024 - Fantasy Springs, which includes Frozen stuff - so maybe then if things work out.
Next up: kimono in Kyoto, and back to Tokyo
