Tuesday, April 12th: Departing Kyoto with Regrets
I have to say I really like this city (Kyoto) except for one really huge draw back. There is no noise control here. At 3 am there is a motorcycle gang riding around with the loudest, by far louder than any chopper in the US, engines I've ever heard. I've seen them in the day time too. There are about 5 thugs on choppers, low slung, no muffler, stupid looking men. They are American wanna-bes it's really quite sad. Because of them I probably will not come back here any time soon. I will be writing the Kyoto tourism board about the disturbance. It's a shame such a nice place has to be ruined by a few idiots.
The are a lot of trucks and late night partiers, but they are simple enough to sleep through, but the gang, they wake you from a sound sleep and they seem to run a circuit around Kawaramachi-dori and Oike-dori, down Kawabata-dori and back. Don't get a hotel near here if you want to sleep.
Off to Matsumoto. Went to the Ukiyo-e museum in Matsumoto. Beautiful artwork - sigh, I wish I was rich.
The are a lot of trucks and late night partiers, but they are simple enough to sleep through, but the gang, they wake you from a sound sleep and they seem to run a circuit around Kawaramachi-dori and Oike-dori, down Kawabata-dori and back. Don't get a hotel near here if you want to sleep.
Off to Matsumoto. Went to the Ukiyo-e museum in Matsumoto. Beautiful artwork - sigh, I wish I was rich.
