When I'm in a new city, I strongly prefer walking to taking the subway or even the bus. I feel like you get a much better sense of the city when pounding the pavement. While Tom and I wandered around Kyoto during our days there, and also in the evenings after getting back from our day trips, I snapped pictures of the houses that caught my eye. Call it scouting for homes for when we move here. Kidding, but seriously. Kyoto is magical.