Japan - An Easy Day 1

My first day in Japan.  It's raining and so I feel like I have a little time to get the feel of being here before doing any hardcore sightseeing.  For breakfast I walked down the street until I reached a sign that said "Garden Cafe".  Inside, away from the traffic there was indeed a garden.  I walked in to find a waterfall and a stone path through green plants.  Inside the cafe my view through the garden was of a trellis structure highlighted by pink blossoms.  

The young woman inside the cafe was very polite and happy to accommodate me in-spite of my bumbling Japanese.  She smiled and answered with such enthusiasm that it was fun being frustrated.  She asked me something that has so far been the most common question: "Hitori?" Everybody asks with a little disbelief.  When I answered "Hai", this young woman exclaimed to herself: "Sugoi!"

Later I meant to ask if I could take pictures of the garden and she replied positively and then followed me out.  This was a little awkward for me until I realized that she was going to take my picture.  So I smiled and posed in front of the garden.

After my breakfast of a pancake with a scoop of icecream I wandered on down the street and came to a temple which I spent some time at, then wandered the streets some more before returning to the guest house to plan the next day's wanderings. Eventually I went out again for dinner and stumbled across the geisha street, though I think the woman I saw was not a true geisha.

Oh, and I like pigeons:

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