hiya!

heyhey, how you today? we were in bed by 9.30 last nite, lol, you could say it was quite a long day...but a good sleep was well appreciated at the end of it all. koshos family are lovely, his big sister speaks a little english which is amazing, because otherwise id feel extremely rude not being able to actually communicate with anyone in the family. which is a shame because id love to be able to show my gratitude for their very warm hospitality.
tyoday we were up at eight and out the door, after a sweet (i.e sugary) breakfast and nice cold shower. we are literally staying in the most peaceful and serene district of kyoto, i think it may be a world heritage site, but it is certainly protected in some way. original thatched roofs, which kyoto once used to be famed adn notorious for - koshos temple is the one where you would come to pray that your house does not catch fire! and the traditional saying in kyoto is 'my fire is your fire' as the houses were all made of wood and joining, until a few years back when a small change shop caught fire and wiped out 80% of the city in the worlds second largest fire. the largest ever was in tokyo.



this thatched house is just down from us, there is nobody left who knows how to fix the bamboo roofs so this house along with the other three are the last remaining reminder of the 'old ways.' we saw four temples today. one entirely decorated with gold leaf and floating in the middle of a man made lake....i actually have so much to say and its already 11.15pm and im shattered and we are up early again tomorow for another day on the town and we are meeting takaya to see how he is feeling about our exhibition and to find out what exactly we are allowed to do.
but for now i think i will have to bid you adure. or tadi ama. nite nite. x



p.s this is koshos temple at the moment we are staying in his house, which is the big one just to the left of the middle. but i asked and his family are fine about me sleeping in the actual temple if i would like. it would be pretty amazing i reckon. and i will do it. at some point. speak to you soon. oh p.p.s my phone works in kyoto although no reception in the temple, so if you text me i shall receive it when we go into town.