Ah… well, we had to leave this morning and were feeling a little sad about that. The people who worked there were all so nice and we had such a great time. We again had a wonderful Japanese breakfast (which I was quickly getting used to) and had a few hours before our train left so walked into town for a bit. Then we headed back to pack up and head out to the train station. We received a warm Iowa goodbye from all the staff who waved to us all the way town the road. When we got to the station, we still had an hour to spare so Hilary picked up a few gifts for some friends; more culinary treats.
I had a suspicion that we could get on an earlier train, and luckily that was the case. The train from Yufuin to Oita was really nice; it looked like something from the early 20th century with nice wood floors, plaid curtains, and circular ceiling lighting. The path there was narrow and went through the mountains. We changed trains in Oita to Kokura (to an express train) and from Kokura we caught an earlier train than we expected to Shin Osaka. (a shinkansen) From Shin Osaka we finally made it back to Kyoto. We got off at Kyoto station; a super modern station we a ton of people and restaurants. We decided since our hotel was so close to the station, we'd just come back here for tasty and inexpensive (yasu-ku-te oishii) light dinner. We found a sushi spot at the top of the eating floor in Kyoto station. There was about a 20 minute wait, so we thought we had a good shot at having a good meal there. When it came our turn, we sat down and had a few pieces before deciding to leave… it was ok… and we were pretty spoiled from the last sushi extravaganza, so I opted for some good ramen in "ramen row"; a long lane of about 20 ramen shops, each serving their own special concoction of broth simmering in a cauldron for over 12 hours.
Hilary headed back to our hotel, which was quite small. Probably the size of a walk in closet! Its a tight squeeze, but we're pretty exhausted so its not a problem!
Sayonara Yufuin Staff!
Last Yufuin Breakfast
Late night ramen!
Kyoto Station 1
Kyoto Station 2
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