We got to Kyoto by bullet train then arrived at our hostel, surprisingly not getting lost (although the hostel is right outside the subway station so that could be why). We went to the supermarket for dinner and I had a traditional Japanese pot noodle as usual. The next day there was a festival on in Kyoto so we went to watch the parade for that - lots of traditionally dressed Japanese people - which was cool. We then went to the Manga Museum and spent ages watch...

So　we arrived in Japan absolutely exhausted and feeling slightly ill after our Finnair flight, and immediately had to stand in a long queue to check that we did not have swine flu. How ridiculous. We finally got through immigration and made our way to the train station, only to have to negotiate the complicated train system - and we thought that Japans was supposed to be the most efficient in the world. To be fair, the train arrived on time and we made our way ...