Update - In Sapporo

Hi all - well, T-chan and I arrived safe and sound in Sapporo last night after a very very hectic, ejoyable, and quite a bit foot-sore 2.5 days in Kyoto. It was a great time to be in Kyoto, and nice not to have trains being cancelled due to earthquakes. Hopefully now I will be able to resume some semi-regular posting.