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.
