Leaving Kyoto shortly. Now I know why fall and spring are prime tourism seasons - summer is brutal!

missed her intended train to Kyoto, but instead, she's riding the Nozomi!

I want to join iTunes Ping, but I have an aversion to using my real name online. Why is this required? Am I too old-school for the

iTunes 10 is all grey (except for the showy new app icon)! I feel like I've gone colorblind. No offense, colorblind people.

Headfirst onto the new iTunes bandwagon! New app icon and grey design are weird. But app icons at least are soon fixed.

Pickled Japanese plum on rice is so delicious. For serious. Why did it take me so long to discover this?

posting this from her apartment. Made it!

On the wanman home. I hate wanmans, but I'm also sick of wasting time in stations.

JR fail. Our train stopped suddenly and they crammed us all into buses. At least I got a little sleep.

In a B-style single room on the sleeper train to Izumo. pingfmmedia.s3.amazonaws...