We drove to miyama, about an hour away from Kyoto but the kids didn’t want to stroll along the thatched roof houses

So we drove out and didn’t make much progress on the roadside stations which promised yasai 

Some time was wasted even if we had a car but in any travel, or life- there seems to be some time which would pass and there would be not any fruitfulness

What can we do in times like these but allow it and go with the flow? It kind of reflected my experience 

But the drives weaved us into villages and townships of lush abundant green , lots of agricultural activity and padi greens

The mountains were green all over and nature was springing back with full force

It was happiness to find Tawawa Asagiri and that was a great farmers market- only that we were slightly late and it was soon to close

We soon found ourselves back at Kyoto and after checking in into a ryokan, we had a very special unagi soup and porridge at warajiya.

It was slightly rainy and this was as comforting and homey as it gets!