- The outskirts of Kyoto look more like the outskirts of an American city than they do like the outskirts of a European city, but downtown Kyoto looks more like a European downtown than it looks like an American downtown.
- There are a lot of soda machines in Kyoto. Soda machines in untrafficked corners where you would never expect to find a soda machine. You can buy little cans of cold coffee out of them.
- Eel livers are delicious.
