upstairs hallway in the ryokan

entrance 

made it in one piece, everything's fine - my major first-world problem right now is that i'm surrounded by restaurants but i can't really afford to spend much on food. a medium coffee at the starbucks here is well over 4 dollars. so i'm in more of a regular neighborhood this time rather than a world-famous temple, so good pictures aren't quite so easy to take. i need to get my photographer mojo going or something because there are good opportunities for photos here, but it's going to take a little more work than last time. also, this is not a very touristy destination so i feel like kind of a wanker taking pictures of everything. maybe when the jet lag subsides i can get my act together, because the few photos i've taken so far are pretty awful...