Temples overload

I have been in Kyoto the past 2 days. It seems like all of Japan is here too - yesterday was 15th November, hence apparently the 3/5/7 festival, in which children of ages 3 5 and 7 dress up unwillingly in kimonos and visit shrines and temples. This will hopefully make my photos a bit more interesting at least, nothing like a whining child to brighten an otherwise tediously positive photo.
I am a bit confused, when I arrived here and went into shops the japanese invariably call something liek "rashmashee" in a friendly voice. At first i didn't know what this was, assumed it was a greeting, and said it back. Then i got a vague memory that they answer the phone with mushymushy, and i started saying this, but then i got scared and thought that MushyMushy must be what people in the arctic say to start their dogs moving, so how could it be that? So I figured out that the shopkeepers are saying "Irashimassee" which means welcome, although i don't really know what the correct response is, so I say Konnichiwa. But now the man next to me who is trying to use skype is clearly saying MushyMushy. So it must be acceptable, Or he is an eskimo skyping his dogs.
Everyone spent today trying to take the perfect photo of autumn foliage. I travelled around on a hired bicycle, it was quite rubbish but at least this ensures it doesn't get nicked. At one point i rammed a guy on a motorbike, this was not a sensible fight to pick, but i lived to tell the tale.
Now he's just saying hi...hi...hi...hi..chang...hi...hi.., poor chap, but then that's skype for you.
This evening i had a kind of omelette with treacle. One feature of japanese food is that they like to put something soft in the centre of everything. I bought 2 slices of cheese on toast from somewhere, result i thought, until i found it had custard in the middle.
I have a plan to go and try to see the sumo wrestling tournament in fukuoka this weekend. Another good thing here is that you can swear and get away with it... just quickly thing of a place name that starts with your chosen swear word and construct a sentence to follow.