I just arrived at the ryokan for my one night stay

it's decently expensive so I'm hoping it'll be an excellent experience

the foyer is so cute and cozy already

pretty

BEARS??

Oh yeah japan has bears

Black bears so. Not the worst but

Still bears

THE DOORS ARE SO SMOL...

rotary phone..

yukata...!

I took some shots of the open air private onsens

GASP that all looks so lovely

(including YOU)

oh my face wasn't fully covered LMAO

LMAO look I can pretend to have seen Nothing

hehehe

I'm in the bath in our room

it's so nice

in the winter weather this is perfect

I just need some sake now

aaaaaaa this is sooooo nice

the tub is on the terrace and it's blocked by a curtain so someone can sit at the table on the other side and talk to you without seeing anything

man I can't take a pic of the tub I'm in rn, it's too dark

pic in daylight

this one is so hot, I don't think I can bear it for long...

little buddies in my obi. I'm taking them to dinner

it's kaiseki

we forgot to take a pic of this one... it was greater amberjack with chicken

steaming the rice in front of us!!!

WAGYU

A5!!!

mmmm

rice and udon

that waygu is so beautiful I could cry

Tiramisu for dessert...

The futons have been brought out ..

I feel so cooked

MORE DRANK

this is my fourth bath of the day

baths are good! ratio was extremely correct

I had two baths in the morning

and a fancy Japanese breakfaat

It looks so good omg

it was so yummy

Shots from my baths before and after sunrise

taking a bath with the sunrise is excellent

cafe stop before we head back into the coty

I found Sunday in the wild

someone get him, put that bird back in a cage

the food pics make me so hungry

idk what I want to do from the 12-14th...

any fun sights to see in the nearby area?

there's a lot of places I could see I guess

potentially!

CAPYBARA

also, my first doujin treasure dive

250 CAD worth of doujin... worth it

we also visited a popular bakery

we went to Nakano Broadway aka mandarake hq LMAO

SO MUCH CAPYBARA

the capybara was so cute, we got to feed her a few times

GUINEA BIG

truly the earth's best creature

my brother was surprised by how big capybaras are lmao

he thought they were as big as cats

capybaras are one of those fun mammals who are a lot bigger in person than most people thing (see also wolves, cougars, elk, buffalo, moose)
but that just means there's more to love

oh the capybara is too cute help

it’s so chill...

she was SO chill

and her chirping was sooooo cute

the kitties were sooo cute too

fancy tonkatsu meal

we're eating Tokyo X pork which is the equivalent of Kobe beef apparently

I went to the 12 floor Uniqlo in Ginza...

no pics because it's just Uniqlo LOL

I wasn't expecting to buy anything but I wound up buying a bunch

help

ALL OF THAT IS MINE

I went to Toranoana in Ikebukuro and was greeted with this

the shelf is specifically labeled 'Bottom Aventurine'

this is what it's like to be a fan of a popular pairing.... my bank account cried today

I also bought wanderer centric doujins and a few haikaveh doujins

wheezes... carrying it all back to the airbnb almost killed me

Drinkable Mayo....

it's clearly labelled "test sale" too

how was it...

everyone who tried it swore at the friend who planted the search for this drink in their head

it was.... not good

like V8 if it was a little bit more mayo tasting but in a bad way

even i wouldnt drink that and im me...

fascinatingly horrific thought. slurpable mayo,,,,

nasty

[regular ordinary swedish mealtime voice] IT'S GOOD FOR YOU

at Tokyo big sight today for comic city.... surprisingly I do not see a HSR section in the catalogue. this might become a hunt for ratiorine scraps

I'll see if I end up buying any haikaveh and wanderer stuff....

I bought.

a lot

the accessory section got me

so many people were selling pretty Genshin/HSR themed jewelry

I brought a jewelry box for good reason

we're in Kyoto!

it's so pretty

we went to go see the bamboo forest... there are so many tourists here LOL

tourists just can't resist the allure of the bamboo forest

I saw so many temples and shrines today.... Yasaka shrine

more shrines and temples and also ninenzaka and sannenzaka

Kiyomizudera!

more sights

Fushimi Inari! I only made it halfway up to the top...

more shrines on the way down

my legs are jello. help

Chat I might not be able to walk tomorrow

oh I only made it to the crossroad for Fushimi Inari

it's a Lot

OH RIGHT I forgot to say as we were going down the path we saw a wild boar....

Yike...

a neighbor to keep a wide distance from

I went to a sentou.... it was so fancy it had different types of baths, including an electric bath

like idk what it was doing exactly but putting my hand in the water would cause my muscles to twitch it was wild.

but it did cure the soreness in my legs. absolutely worth it

there was a sauna too, holy shit it was so hot

the main baths were also super hot, I couldn't stand it for very long

look at them...

capcom....

this is so dangerous

they're selling sticky notes that are Phoenix Wright's business card lmaooo

all these official shops on this floor..

Nintendo has a shop and then Pokemon has its own shop it's crazy

there are SO many people here

the goods are all so cute but I am not fighting the lines to buy shit lmaooo

omg...........all that rockman exe merch.......my wallet would die

oh no the animal crossing merch is so cute too....dangerous place

I bought all the rockman korons they had

they're missing three tho sold out

😔 sad. alas yon rockman....

they were missing roll, blues and rush

I shouldn't be allowed to drink at restaurants tbh LMAO I'm having an 8% lemon chuhai and

I feel it already.

that cup is still mostly full.

first meal of the day tho...

I may not be fine.

LMAO

I'M SURE I CAN GET HOME ON MY OWN BUT.

there was a lot of food..

I still have half a cup left help

I'm home. Shibuya station was so packed it was insane

my korons...

that looks so tasty...

stackable guys. they spark much joy.

the korons!! and yeah lmao that floor is absolutely jam packed with all those stores