Kyoto : Japan

From Tokyo, we decided to take the bus to Osaka. We pre-booked our bus tickets from Willers Express and opted for the night trip. We rode the bus in Willers Tokyo bus station at 10:30 pm and arrived in Osaka Station at 6:30 am. The actual check-in time for the hotel is at 2:00 pm. Fortunately, the hotel has their luggage storage room for the guest. After leaving our luggage to them, we took the train from Osaka Central to Kyoto. The train ride is supposed to be around 45 minutes only. However, we were so tired by this time that we (3 of us) feel asleep and missed our stop. After a few transfers and additional 30 minutes ride, we finally reach KYOTO. 

If I haven’t mentioned it before, we had the unfortunate timing of taking this trip during Japan’s Summer season. Let me tell you, it’s 100% hotter that Philippines Tag-init/Summer. We "almost" gave up roaming the place and wanted to just stay in the hotel. "Almost" being the key word. In the end, we gathered our energy (like how they do it in animes <wink>) and was able to successfully do temple-run in Kyoto under the scorching heat of their summer season. =p

Kyoto is famous for its Temples. They are literally just a few meters away from each other. It's like there is a temple in every street. 

"But first, Let's go take a groupfie!"

Walking from the station to a temple. Enjoy the view while you're at it! 😉 Another thing that we did was buying snacks from the shops on our way to each temple. Eating while walking and sightseeing. 👍

#haydn trying the draw. Don't cheat please! 🙏 

My favorite location is the Higashiyama District. It’s like walking in a Japanese film set with all those traditional buildings. You can even see people walking in their Kimonos. Most, were actually converted to restaurants. We were there in the morning hence majority were not yet open.

<Louie imagines Kaoru and Kenshin walking in the street>

Furthermore, people are speaking in Japanese. We were thinking like, “I wish there is a subtitle right now”. *_*

Knock first ate.. 😅

Another temple.

After a while, it became so hot that my brother decided to go on the nearby mall to rest. Of course my cousin and I continued  with our temple run. We didn't let the heat hinder us! Fighting!

Map

And Sanrio! There was a my-melody backpack that we really like. However, as we know that we still have a few more days in Japan, we decided to not buy it in Kyoto and just buy in Osaka. Sadly, we can't find it anywhere in Osaka.

Note to self, next time you find something you like, Buy it! Specially if you know you might not be able to come back to that place.