There is a map in the lobby that toby likes. In particular, he likes the picture of the daruma, a little red guy with big eyes and a beard. The map is not to scale and provides only a vague indication of the location of various temples and other sites. However, based on the map, we decided to take toby to visit the location marked by his little red friend. We set out on foot with our free umbrellas from the hotel, various warm clothes to deal with the rain, and a copy of the map. Two blocks into our walk, the rain cleared, and the temperature started to rise, making most of our baggage obsolete. But, we reasoned, the daruma temple can’t be that far, so we
continued on. but after another 45 minutes of walking and pestering numerous pedestrians and shopkeepers, most of whom had no idea what we were talking about, we realized that toby would probably be just as happy if we let him chew on the map as he would be if we ever found the temple, so we hailed a cab and headed instead to kinkakuji, the golden temple. It was quite pretty. And golden. Toby was especially impressed by all of the rocks on the ground, which further convinced us that we made the right move to give up on the daruma temple. I bet their rocks weren’t nearly as nice.
There is a map in the lobby that toby likes. In particular, he likes the picture of the daruma, a little red guy with big eyes and a beard. The map is not to scale and provides only a vague indication of the location of various temples and other sites. However, based on the map, we decided to take toby to visit the location marked by his little red friend. We set out on foot with our free umbrellas from the hotel, various warm clothes to deal with the rain, and a copy of the map. Two blocks into our walk, the rain cleared, and the temperature started to rise, making most of our baggage obsolete. But, we reasoned, the daruma temple can’t be that far, so we 
continued on. but after another 45 minutes of walking and pestering numerous pedestrians and shopkeepers, most of whom had no idea what we were talking about, we realized that toby would probably be just as happy if we let him chew on the map as he would be if we ever found the temple, so we hailed a cab and headed instead to kinkakuji, the golden temple. It was quite pretty. And golden. Toby was especially impressed by all of the rocks on the ground, which further convinced us that we made the right move to give up on the daruma temple. I bet their rocks weren’t nearly as nice.
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dudes...just wanted to tell you that i'm loving this shit! toby's adventures in japan make me happy.
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