Last weekend, I popped down to Kyoto to see some friends who are visiting Japan from overseas. After spending Saturday afternoon at Nishiki Market, we split up so I could check into my hotel before meeting up again for the evening illumination at Tō-ji (one of my favorite seasonal light-ups in Kyoto). I decided to take the underground passage to the metro, but didn’t expect to see this on the walls along the way: Both sides of the underground hall were covered in floor-to ceiling murals that made the tunnel feel like walking through a Super Mario game. I’m not
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