I decided that I wanted to take the scenic "Romantic Train" of the Sagano Sight-seeing Tram. Why? Because it looked fun and it runs through the Hozu River gorge. So I bought a ticket and wandered around Arashiyama until train time.
So I got on the train. The seats were wood and not very comfortable. And what is it with ticketing? Half the car was empty and the other half was full. So we spread out and enjoyed the trip.
The gorge is a lot smaller that the one I'm used to. The Columbia is a bit bigger than the Hozu :)
And there are a lot fewer rapids on the Columbia as well.
So it was pretty cool to see the River boats shooting the rapids.
After that was a bit of shopping and then we all met at the station for dinner after Becky got back from Himeji.
So that will pretty much wrap up our trip. Tomorrow is mostly check out, final shopping, travel to the airport and fly home. Once we're back and have had a bit to recover I'll wrap up the trip with the Hotel review (I haven't forgotten) and a set of guidelines for those who might be traveling here in the near future.
See you all in the States :)
Bob
