Me and Rosa, and Atsushi and Junichi in Kyoto... Rosa is a good friend; a Peruvian Japanese girl who moved here when she was 12 years old.
We went to Kyoto on Sunday and visited Kinka Kuji, the golden temple in the background. Unfortunately because of bad traffic we didn't have much time to explore Kyoto that day.
Today, Tuesday, President Bush is visiting the same place. There was a protest in Kyoto tonight at 6:30, according to an American friend studying there.
The protest was because of the War in Iraq but also because Bush wants to relocate the Okinawan US Army base to another local in the Okinawa area. Unfortunately this would displace many locals. There is a sizeable group of people who do not agree with moving the base.