Kyoto, the Hotel Granvia
I really wasn't paying attention when I booked this trip, but as it turned out, the hotel we're staying at in Kyoto is right next to the central train station. It made rolling off the train and into our room that much easier.
It's a long hotel, with a main corridor that's got Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" written all over it ...
As we got off the train an older Japanese woman who disembarked with us asked us where we were visiting while in the area. She recommended we go visit the Golden Pavillion. It wasn't on our itinerary (actually, it was Bob's itinerary. I just told him we were going to Japan and he got busy with the web and the guide books) but we're going to squeeze it in.
Meanwhile the view from the hotel shows that Kyoto is in a nice valley, but we're right next to a train station. What is with the happy music whenever a train stops?
