New Year’s Eve

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Above looking at the bathing house.
After a brisk shower in the bracingly cool shower room:

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Started the day with a huge Japanese breakfast:
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And miso soup with crab:

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One last look at our room:

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Then back on the train to Odawara and change to the bullet train to Kyōto.

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I like the foot rest:

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Views from the window:

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We’re staying in a very small townhouse in Kyōto.

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After stocking up on food and booze, getting take out udon noodle soup, and unpacking all the food in our luggage, we settled in for the evening.
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We usually play Rummoli. We had no board so had to improvise:
Needed to use Japanese coins for chips:

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New Year’s Eve on TV was a singing show mainly by the ubiquitous but indistinguishable boy bands.

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