Day 7. Shimoichi and Nara

....as suspected...futon beds.

These things and I will never be friends in this life again...but at some point, my back was straight again, and our hosts served us a lovingly prepared breakfast with everything that is typical in Japan; the hostess even got up extra at 5 for us.

After a short course in calligraphy, we had to say goodbye again and headed to Nara.
The path led us to Nara Park with the largest Japanese Buddhist wooden temple from the 8th century, the Tōdai-ji, and its Sika deer and deer that we gladly fed.
From there, we took the tram to Kyoto, from where we will start our next activities...we'll end this evening with a ramen dinner.