Kyoto Ryokan

While in Kyoto I stayed at a Japanese inn—a ryokan, with genuine tatami mat floors. On the table you can see the case for my telephoto lens, my lens cap, a box of 35mm film, my dark glasses, some change, and my guide book.

My guide book! True, some of the pages were misbound and out of order, but I found it to be very helpful putting Kyoto’s sights into their historical context as well as practical how-to-get-there advice. And apparently it's still in print!

Of course I still have it. I’ve been perusing it lately . . . I suspect that there might have been some changes since 1966. But maybe not!

Photos: Room, Ryokan—Kyoto, 1966; Guidebook—Marin County, 2008