Digital Nomad in Kyoto, Day 1

I am in Kyoto and trying to work as a digital nomad from today for 5 days. I would like to work on writing some articles during this nomad…

Takuya Matsuyama

29 Jul 2019 — 3 min read

I am in Kyoto and trying to work as a digital nomad from today for 5 days. I would like to work on writing some articles during this nomad work :) Basically I’m more productive at home than at cafes and co-working spaces, particularly on coding. But I love working at cafes when it comes to writing as it does not require a big screen nor a high spec computer. So I decided to go to Kyoto, a beautiful ancient capital in Japan. It’s the first time to be a digital nomad for me.

Here are some photos I took today.

Syorin-ji (勝林寺)

Had a Zazen(座禅) meditation here.

LE9 Cafe

Cafe POCHER

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