Yesterday I went for a "walk" with my girlfriend, we left our home in Otsu-shi around 11:30 so we could arrive at Kyoto Central Station by noon. From there we walked all the way up to Karasuma-Gojō Street, where we bumped into my friend Charlie, who was on his way home after school. So the 3 of us when to shijo to eat some Ramen for lunch, we went to 一風堂 (ippudo), the place was packed and we had to wait a few minutes but it was worth it! The noodles were great and the soup delicious.
After lunch we went for a walk through one of numerous covered market streets that lead to kawaramachi street, from there charlie went for a coffee so we, Yoko and I, continued our journey to 八坂神社 (yasaka shirne) which is located east of the Gion Shijo Station, from there we walked all the way up to 高台寺 (kōdaiji) and then we took a small market street that did lead us to our final destination, 清水寺 (kyomizudera). The view from up there is really nice, you have a great panorama of Kyoto, I'm supposed to go back up there in a couple of weeks when the tree's leafs are turning red, I'll make sure that I post a few pictures in here.
On our way down we shopped a bit, bought a few tea utensils so I can make some at home. We also stopped for a bowl of 抹茶 (macha - Japanese green tea) and 和菓子 (Japanese sweets) in a small tea house with a nice and relaxing little garden.
And then walked back down to Kyoto station where we finished our journey around 8pm.
Copyright © Greg Penet 2011-2012
Copyright © Greg Penet 2011-2012
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