A lot of thought went into packing for this trip. We realized from our last trip that traveling light was the way to go. Schlepping a large suitcase through a dinky train station that had no elevator or escalator was a drag.
So, we agonized over suitcases, trying to find just the right one. I think we succeeded there. Our bags fit our needs with not a lot of room to spare. Andrea also tried out many, many shoulder bags to make sure that she had just the right size and fit. And we were seemingly ok there. She even brought an extra suitcase for purchases, having it shipped down to Kyoto when we originally arrived at Narita.
So far so good, right? Well, we didn't account for pre-Kyoto, in-trip purchases. Can my wife resist purchasing a beautiful piece of pottery (notwithstanding that we have so much pottery already at the hous that we need to build cabinets in an annex to house it all!). And so she had picked up some purchases along the way, which was resulted in having to pull out the auxillary shoulder bag to leave room in her suitcase. So, she is carrying 2 shoulder bags, a bag in which she carries her hat, and a rolling suitcase as we schlepp through the train stations. Many of you reading this blog may be old enough to remember Jane Fonda in The Electric Horseman and the scene with her luggage. I can't get that one out of my head.
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