I have been in Kyoto since arrｉving here on Wednesday from Ｔｏｋｙｏ．Kyoto is considered a cultural centre of Japan due to its many shrines／temples and historical ｐｌａｃｅｓ．There are １７ Unesco heritａge sites here. Up to Friday I have visited only 7 sites. Some of sites are surprisingly hard to visit without your own transport. You have to take a subway to Kyoto station and from there take a bus. The bus ride can take up to 30 to 45 minutes one way. Today I hope to visit two more places.
Japan is the safest country among the 22 or 23 I have visited so far. Yesterday I saw a small child wearing a black school uniform ａｎｄ ａ ｂｌａｃｋ ｈａｔ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｒｅｄ ｓｔｒｉｐｅ （he could only be ａｂｏｕｔ 6 or 7 years old) at a bus stop. You see lots of young children travelling to and from school by themselves．
Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ ｉｓ ｎｏｔ ｗｉｄｅｌｙ ｕｎｄｅｒｓｔｏｏｄ ｉｎ Ｊａｐａｎ， Ｄｏｎ‘ｔ ｃｏｕｎｔ ｏｎ ａｎｙｏｎｅ ｏｖｅｒ 40 ｙｅａｒｓｏｌｄ ｔｏ ｂｅ ａｂｌｅ ｔｏ ｕｎｄｅｒｓｔａｎｄ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ． Ｗｈｅｎｅｖｅｒ Ｉ ｎｅｅｄ ｔｏ ａｓｋ ｓｏｍｅｏｎｅ，Ｉ ｐｏｐ ｉｎｔｏ ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｍａｎｙ 24 ｈｏｕｒｓ ｃｏｎｖｅｎｉｅｎｃｅ ｓｔｏｒｅ． Ａｌｍｏｓｔ ｅｖｅｒｙｏｎｅ ｔｈｅｒｅ is below 25 years and can understand some English． My Japanese language skills ｈａｓ ｇｏｎｅ ｐａｓｔ ｆｏｕｒ ｐｈｒａｓｅｓ；Ｅｘｃｕｓｅ ｍｅ，Ｔｈａｎｋ ｙｏｕ，ｇｏｏｄ ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ ａｎｄ ｇｏｏｄ ｎｉｇｈｔ．
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