Vice versa

Kyōto, Japan

If you’re stuck travelling through Japan there are two major rules I followed. The first rule I would call Learn like a child: if you don’t know what to do, stop and watch other people around you. Repeat what they do and reach your goal. This especially helped with using vending machines only available in Japanese. Continue reading “Vice versa”

Electric shocks and three seniors watching TV at the sauna

Kyōto, Japan

I like Japanese baths and therefore took the long trip to Funaoka Onsen located in a remote residential area of Kyōto, Japan. I got a towel and managed to find the right way to the men’s locker room and changed my cloth. In the shower I found the first big cultural difference: people sitting on small plastic benches produces soap foam until they are covered in large white clouds. Continue reading “Electric shocks and three seniors watching TV at the sauna”