The ultimate guide to Kyoto ice-cream
Hayashi ‘Fang’ Hougi
While the weather is gradually getting chillier as many parts of the world meander into autumn, we know we’ll never be able to give up the sweetest bit of summer – ice cream. You can never be too full, nor the weather too cold, for a bowl of that delicious, frozen goodness, and if you happen to be heading to Kyoto to catch the beautiful autumn leaves, you’ll be pleased to know that Japan’s most traditional city is positively brimming with ice cream at this time of year, and today we have a guide to some of the best out there.Whether you’re into fruity flavors or traditional Kyoto desserts, or simply wanting to satisfy your sweet tooth, the ancient capital is bound to have something for you.
MILESTONES
Officials at Tokyo SkyTree say more than 100 million people have visited the tower since its debut in May 2012.Hiroko Ando, 64, a graduate of Chuo University law school, became just the third woman to be appointed chief justice of a Japanese high court. She’ll serve in Takamatsu.
Japan’s shortest railway tunnel-a 7.2-meter-long stretch of track on the JR Agatsuma line in Gunma-has been taken out of service to make way for the construction of a new dam.
In Ota Ward
Not That White Stuff
No Daycare For Them
Maglev line gets green light
KYODO
Central Japan Railway Co. on Friday received a green light from the government to build a magnetically levitated train line between Tokyo and Nagoya by 2027.The maglev line will shorten travel time from Tokyo to Nagoya to about 40 minutes, according to JR Tokai, as the railway is known. It also plans to extend the maglev line to Osaka by 2045, cutting the trip between the two metropolises to just 67 minutes versus 138 minutes by bullet train.
The cost of the entire project is estimated at ¥9 trillion.
1 comment
I love the color of it, too. I’m thinking of painting the living room and dining room that color since the rooms face the south, getting the sun all day. It’ such a cool pale shade.