Not so spooky spooks
Blogs JN's Jottings JN63JPN Not so spooky spooks I went on my most ambitious and expensive day trip yet--to Kyoto to visit the Kyoto Toei Studio Park for their Yokai (妖怪, Japanese folk monsters and ghouls) Festival. I got up dark and early to catch the first train to Tokyo so I can catch a bullet train that'll get me to Kyoto around 8:30am. The Kyoto Toei Studio Park is an actual movie studio where they shoot period shows (mainly based in the Edo period). They were shooting a show while we were visiting, but we didn't really see any famous actors. For the shooting, they closed off a part of the park (which opened up later in the afternoon when the shooting was finished). I did, however, see a few minor actors dressed up as samurais. There were ladies in kimonos, too. One of them was giving a studio tour. My buddy and I got to the park soon after they opened, and there weren't that many people around, which was great for getting photos without a bunch of strang...
