> Spread it over five days and its hardly pricey. And as for hotel
> expenses, may I introduce to you the idea of "day trips". Or for social
> interaction (whether you initiate it or not), stay in a youth hostel.

I only have 100-odd dollars for the rest of my trip, so it is still outside
my price range.



> 1) I find it hard to believe that anyone could go to/around/from Kyoto
> without talking to anyone - unless - it was their own preference.

I was receptive.  Families, groups, or couples are generally not interested
in talking to some single guy.  I did things on the order of asking for
directions, if that counts as conversation.


> Well yes, one way to ensure that interesting social experiences occur is
> to err, talk to people.

About what?  Most people tend to be alarmed when a strange single man
suddenly talks to them.


> One of the problems you may discover is that if you set
> out to make earnest and moral boring trips each day they will inevitably
> be boring.

I'm not out looking to get laid or drunk, so I don't intend to lower my
standards in that sense.


> Ahhhhh - I'm so awfully sorry. Sitting here 300 kilometers away I was
> completely unable to instinctively know that you were not only away from
> your PC for some of the time but also in fact out and about refusing to
> talk to people.

I don't refuse to talk to people.  It's more that other people don't want to
talk to me.

> So you like juggling. Why do you need a club? Go sit (don't stand) in a
> park (I suggest wearing something warm) and juggle for a few hours.

I have.  People here aren't impressed easily.  I've done it for an hour and
got no talkers.

> Why Kyoto? Not enough concrete in Tokyo for you? In my post suggesting
> you get out of town I was suggesting you try some rural areas.

Ok, but do you know exactly which ones?