I sent a letter to JR, which I'm not sure got anywhere, because it really was not a good way to start our trip with people who otherwise were super nice and helpful during our whole trip. Jennifer was quite happy with the Japanese breakfast at the Kyoto Hana hotel with seaweed salad, the best breakfast ever!
you can buy/sponsor your own gates
the rock garden rocks ran away?
if they had fish, they must have died from eating coins :)