{"id":655,"date":"2018-01-21T05:11:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T10:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/?p=655"},"modified":"2018-01-21T05:12:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T10:12:19","slug":"our-last-day-in-kyoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/kyoto-2018\/our-last-day-in-kyoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Last Day in Kyoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is our last day in Kyoto. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s hit me yet that I wont&#8217; be here tomorrow, but I&#8217;m fine with that. I enjoyed my last day here. I slept in and then just walked around for some time this morning, starting at the hostel. I eventually made my way back to the Pontocho area, where I had Omeraisu for lunch! I&#8217;ve been wanting to try Omeraisu for some time. I had seen a video of the chef at Kichi Kichi making a special type of Omurice where the center of the egg is runny, and he splits it open before pouring on the dark sauce. However, CJ, Leah, and I were unable to go to Kichi Kichi when we tried last week because of its limited seating and high demand\u2014the earliest open reservation was for February when we checked. However, L&#8217;Oeuf was great, I got to try Mushroom Omeraisu, and I plan to try to make some when I get back to Williams.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 553px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/i2xDJspQIzRwA1asyAFRnRxHo4wMyix_Us-XFv_Q7_CJ9-oE5Gqj5yf-dWy13_lPDG01j9p_UaXtIIJeFn77=w1440-h724-rw\" width=\"543\" height=\"724\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stream and bridge in Pontocho area<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 975px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/tUpW5dZq_oxCvFTicwE092xFu8Bq017qvLGlxa-dzmQAARLPmxzCOnNlPXP2_XoVdgVBSExJ-LBdSncGiTnv=w1440-h724-rw\" width=\"965\" height=\"724\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omeraisu at L&#8217;oeuf<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I continued to walk through the narrow streets in the area after lunch, enjoying my time. I eventually made it to a bus stop, from where I went to Ginkakuji (The Silver Pavillion). I had gone to Kinkakuji (The Golden Pavillion) last week and absolutely loved it. I was initially hesitant to go to Kinkauji because I was afraid it would just be an attempt at an extravagant showing off of wealth, but I had enjoyed it a lot, so I thought Ginkakuji would be just as rewarding. It was.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 975px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/KXxQVflzBJ5IIlh9LaOYvi31vS4ULWq2cSVqJepszpZppW8FN2HCxvnKjYRa2Y3ktaMJfUusW_WxK7M7Ztqp=w1440-h724-rw\" width=\"965\" height=\"724\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ginkakuji<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 975px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/Kr_jD5akukJeqTsjC3hurS2Ywat0WNnfFtGO2CfTewirXYLMRFVuH4uQqI0amb60F4aw-MggtzOQAAxsMrYb=w1440-h724-rw\" width=\"965\" height=\"724\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moss Garden at Ginkakuji<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was nice to walk around Ginkakuji and it made me think more about Zen gardens and design, and what exactly made the environment feel that way. That is definitely I want to explore more once I get back to Williams, and it&#8217;s not something I would&#8217;ve been interested in had I not seen so many gardens in Kyoto this past week. I am thankful for this opportunity to spend this past week in Kyoto with such amazing people, meeting artisans that have dedicated their lives to their craft. I&#8217;ve learned a ton, and have been inspired to explore subjects I didn&#8217;t know much about before. It&#8217;s been wonderful and I&#8217;m grateful for it all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is our last day in Kyoto. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s hit me yet that I wont&#8217; be here tomorrow, but I&#8217;m fine with that. I enjoyed my last day here. I slept in and then just walked around for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/kyoto-2018\/our-last-day-in-kyoto\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1852,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kyoto-2018"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1852"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":660,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions\/660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}