Found in translation

I love it how they muttered politely to me in what sounded like thanking me for each purchase made as they checked through my bottle of water, toothpaste, chopsticks and sushi. Well they start each sentence with Arigato, so one can only assume they are possibly thanking you for “buying the bottle of water, toothpaste, chopsticks etc”. When it came to the toothpaste, I had to gesticulate as though I was brushing my teeth and then point to what looked like a tube of toothpaste. The lovely lady giggled and looked down bashfully and nodded. Bless her. Well I had to be sure as there were no clues as to what was in the tube. Well apart from the fact it was placed next to toothbrushes :-P

Navigating Kyoto is far less intimidating than it was six years ago. It makes jumping on a train to a remote part of a far east fishing village and become a fisherlady far more tempting!