7:13pm:

The subways in Kyoto have special doors to prevent people from jumping in front of the trains. It sounds as though it happens often enough that it’s more of a time/cost saving measure. There are also large marble-looking columns. I learned from Akemi that they feel cool and are good to lean against. I’m pressing my upper back where my sunburn is the worst against the collumn and it does feel wonderful. I can’t remember how many “L”s there are in column so I’m spelling collumn both ways so I can hopefully be right half the time. We’re waiting for a subway train to go to kaiten sushi. “Kaiten” refers to the conveyor belt.. You pay by the number of plates. A chain of restaurants Alex has visited is Kappa sushi.