Japan is a travellers paradise. It is exotic, modern and safe. No wonder we had some visitors over to experience it all at first hand.
Jizo (headerphoto) is pointing them in the right direction:
地蔵 おじそうさん o-jizou-san, protector of children and travellers and all beings trapped in limbo. おん かかか びさんまえい そわか
First Louise's mom Leny visited us. We explored every nook and cranny of the city and we went cycling in Kyoto.
Barely a week after Leny had left, Ben and Marga came to visit us. 
Highlights were:
- Blue banana's & bird stomach on a stick
- maiko & geisha's
- dressed-up dogs
- and of course: black stockings!