A long weekend in Japan: Kinosaki Onsen and Kyoto. First two nights in a small town with hot springs and walking around wearing a traditional bath robe yukata & wooden sandals; another two nights in a big city with tens (or hundreds?) temples and shrines. We only visited three temples and one shrine, and that took us an entire day.

Being a vegetarian tourist in Japan is a challenge. I did not eat my way through the streets of Kyoto, unfortunately, but otherwise I liked Japan. People are amazingly polite and cute. Have you seen a cashier at a grocery store bow in any other country?