Travel day today.  I headed off for a museum in the morning, then decided I didn’t have enough time so turned back.

on the street

I encountered this curious being in the centre of old Nara shopping zone.  Appears to be some kind of marsupial cat-like creature that gives birth to fish.

Shop in old Nara, selling flowers, clothes and food.

Street scene outside where I was staying.

Bullet train

I’ve taken the train from Nara to Kyoto.  This is the bullet train drawing up in Kyoto Station to take me to Odawara, a trip of about three hours.  Then to Hakone by considerably slower local trains.

View from train

I was surprised to find snow from just outside Nara.

View from train

And this is the view of a mountain (name unknown) not far before Odawara.