http://cs.newhampshire.com/blogs/new_hampshire_to_japan/archive/2007/10/13/Cheeseburger-in-Kyoto.aspxI admit it. After a day of golden and silver pavilions, Zen gardens and palace floors that sing like nightingales, I needed a cheeseburger. I just returned from the food court of a shopping center next to Kyoto train station, where after perusing theenCommunityServer 2.1 (Build: 60809.935)http://cs.newhampshire.com/blogs/new_hampshire_to_japan/archive/2007/10/13/Cheeseburger-in-Kyoto.aspx#5523Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:49:52 GMT7b375189-dcc7-4af7-b4d3-2fc751a0220e:5523Deb ChildWhat a contrast to the tea ceremony. I feel like I am standing in your shoes, you describe the experience and setting so well.I feel we have so much to learn from the Japanese sense of decorum. http://cs.newhampshire.com/blogs/new_hampshire_to_japan/archive/2007/10/13/Cheeseburger-in-Kyoto.aspx#5524Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:07:43 GMT7b375189-dcc7-4af7-b4d3-2fc751a0220e:5524Sally @ CurvesOnly you can go from a very traditional tea ceremony to eating curvey spicy fries and hamburg garnished with eggs & ham at a shopping center. Hope your're taking lots of pictures. Looking forward to your next adventure. Have a safe flight to Nichinan City.http://cs.newhampshire.com/blogs/new_hampshire_to_japan/archive/2007/10/13/Cheeseburger-in-Kyoto.aspx#5526Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:13:51 GMT7b375189-dcc7-4af7-b4d3-2fc751a0220e:5526SarahI love your writing; it's so elegant. The only experience I have had with tea ceremonies is through the movie "Karate Kid Part II" (lol) and it seems very much the way you described it. It sounds like a beautiful event to take part in.http://cs.newhampshire.com/blogs/new_hampshire_to_japan/archive/2007/10/13/Cheeseburger-in-Kyoto.aspx#5529Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:55:21 GMT7b375189-dcc7-4af7-b4d3-2fc751a0220e:5529ElizaI hope the tea was tasty. What would a tea ceremony be, after all, without tasty tea? I mean, all soul sensing aside, one would hope the implied focul point was up to par. Good luck in Nichinan. Perhaps you may feel as at home there as you have in Portsmouth.