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September 19, 2006

Iori

"Standing outside the modest entrance to my lodging for the night, I’m reminded of a previous visit to the Japanese city of Kyoto. That time a taxi driver had pointed out a similarly non-descript wooden frontage: “The most expensive restaurant in Kyoto.”

Today too, the 1200 year old city isn’t giving away much at first glance. From the outside this building looks much like hundreds of other similar town-houses in Kyoto. But when I step over the threshhold I leave the hectic modern city behind . . ."

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Posted by tony at September 19, 2006 01:23 PM

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