Picked up a taxi from the main entrance of this temple (i.e. right at the starting point of that busy alley before entering the temple). The drive is about 60 years old. He is clean and gentle. Of course he is very polite. We started a casual conversation on the way back to my next stop. He tried to and, in English,was able to handle the casual chat quite well. I was a little surprised. We exchanged things like Japanese current affairs and generation gap, etc. He indicated he is always fond of learning English but rarely used it. Anyway, a nice brief encounter.