Nijo Castle and a really easy way to offend non-Japanese in Japan

Trying to kill some time in Kyoto on Saturday morning before our meeting for the immigration consultation at Kyoto House, we wandered through Nijo Castle (aka Nijo jo). There isn't much to be said about these beautiful grounds that can't already be found on some really well written sites, so we won't bore you with out lame commentary. Instead here are a few shots of the grounds (again, like San Ju San, no inside photos allowed :-/)

Apparently, hundreds of years without any predators and you will get HUGE too. 

D-san checking out the water fountain/face washer/whatever the hell it was. 

How to be offensive in Japan (to foreigners, not Japanese natives...)

So although this shirt is hilarious to lots of US citizens in the US (don't judge, just laugh, you know you want to) foreigners in Japan mean mug you like you are solely responsible for the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Although Kev will not wear this shirt out in public anymore, non-Japanese traveling to Japan, please stop your mean mugging. Even in normal clothing, we get the worst mean mugs...We are sorry if walking by us in Kyoto ruins your ideal image of an all-Japanese Japan, but we can't help it. If anything, ask us how to get where you need to go -we are really helpful, we promise!!