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The second day of my parent`s holiday was spent in Kyoto. We got caught in a freak tropical monsoon complete with hailstones whilst visiting the Kinkakuji temple on the left. It is too early for the cherry blossom in Kyoto although it is starting to come out in Osaka. Hopefully we`ll see them tomorrow when we go to Osaka castle.

The most interesting thing about my parents coming to Japan is seeing culture shock from another perspective and being reminded about how different everything is. An interesting newly-arrived-in-Japan blog I often read is Man in Japan I have been asked why they “read backwards?” I answered why do we read from the left? They have had problems with getting on buses (from the back), train ticket validating machines (The ticket`s disappeared Simon!) and perhaps most importantly finding the flush button on public toilets. Dangerous stuff.