Japan Trip 2013 part 2
11:43:00 pmHello again guys! (≧∇≦)/ How are you? I hope you guys have a
wonderful weekend.
This time i want to continue the overview about my trip to Japan last
April. It’s time for Kyoto and Osaka. Actually i got around 300-400 photos in
Kyoto and Osaka, but it’s impossible to put all of them here..LOL~ I was in
charge of the camera, so i didn’t take much photos of myself, so instead of
photos of me, i will put photos about the temple and other places.
Do i mention about temple? Yes! We went to a lot of temple in Kyoto. Ho-ho-ho~
They’re all pretty guys! You have to visit the temple if you go to Kyoto. My
recommendation goes to Kinkaku-ji, Kiyomizudera, and Yasaka temple.
So, let’s begin our full of accidental journey....
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| Our bento |
We were behind our schedule when we arrived at Kyoto. We didn’t expect to spend 6 hours on the way –we expected we will spend only 3 hours huhu. Well, it’s our fault, we counted the journey from Tokyo to Kyoto, not from Kawaguhi-ko to Kyoto. So damn frustated at that time because we just found out there’re only 2 subway line, and the guesthouse was pretty far. So with the help of the guesthouse owner, we re-scheduled our journey agenda and get which bus no. we should take. After put our luggages in our traditional japanese room –yes! Finally we got a guesthouse with a real tatami room and futon. Mwahahaha!! I was frustated when i found out the hotel in Tokyo and Kawaguchi-ko wasn’t a traditional room. Huhu– we quickly went to Kiyomizudera and Gion! It’s a pity Kiyomizudera was already closed when we’re arrived, so we walked a bit to Gion.
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After finished with the tour, we actually wanted to go back to our
guesthouse, when accidentally i saw a geisha
–with her bodyguard and mama!! Ho-ho-ho! It’s rare to see a geisha in the street you know, so we’re
super lucky. It’s prohibited to point or take photo of the geisha, actually. I
saw how the bodyguard prohibited the (i dunno if it’s international or local)
tourist from taking a photo across the street. Well it’s their fault for their
sudden excitement –for pointing and taking their camera out to take a picture
of the geisha. I got a glimpse of the
geisha with my camera though. LOL~
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There’s price for our excitement. We missed our last bus. (∏ ù ∏) It’s a really big shock when we know the
bus operation time is until 10pm only. WE ARE DEAD. We decided to take the
subway and we were super panic with the thought “what if the subway also closed
early??” We run all the way to the nearest station just to know that we have to
walk around 15 minutes more to get to a station with our destination within. I
thought my legs will betray me, you know, it’s super cold and i’m super tired
from all the walking. Huhuhu... We finally get on the right station and go back
to our guesthouse.
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The next day, we went to Kinkaku-ji temple early in the morning because
it’s near our guesthouse.
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After took some photos, we went to Arashiyama. it’s
famous for the beautiful scenery –and for me, i’m looking forward to walk in
the bamboo groove and go to Tenryuji temple. :D We also took our time to see
the famous scenery with the train (you need to pay 600 yen for one
way or 1200 yen for two way). I got lots of good picture on this train-journey.
LOL~ After that we went to the bamboo groove, to Ninomiya shrine and to Tenryuji
temple. All of them in one route, so it saved time. You can take lots of photo
in Arashiyama, and you can find souvenirs, snack and food there. It’s a heaven
on earth! :D
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| Tsubaki flower |
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| Bamboo groove |
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| trying maccha ice cream~ |
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| Zen Garden |
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| Tenryuji |
After we had our late lunch, we went to Kiyomizudera again because it’s
said that the temple is pretty! No one can miss out this temple. Well, if you’re
not a fan of temple, you will find it’s pretty boring because almost all temple
are similiar to each other. You can choose 2-3 only. As for me, i love
beautiful places, temple is no exception as long as it’s beautiful and i can
take some photos. Oh! I also got my Hello Kitty cha mug in one of the souvenirs
shop around the Kiyomizudera.
In the evening, we went to Nijo Castle for their night lamp festival. We accidentally read the information in the bus the day before and decided to go there for Kiyomizudera night illumination replacement due to the deadline date (it’s ended on 8 and we arrived at Kyoto on 9) -kinda similiar with one in Nijo Castle. LOL~ It’s super pretty with a lot of full-bloom sakura trees. Learned from our previous day, we went back early –not to forget we have to search for our new hotel. It was super hard to found, but thanks to Guesthouse Bon, we didn’t have to take our luggages –the owner is super kind and he helped us took our luggages to the new hotel.
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| My sis & cousin at Kiyomizudera's gate (is it?) |
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| You can see the city from the veranda |
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| Can you see the veranda? it's where my sis took my photo above |
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| Hello Kitty Souvenirs shop in Kiyomizudera area |
In the evening, we went to Nijo Castle for their night lamp festival. We accidentally read the information in the bus the day before and decided to go there for Kiyomizudera night illumination replacement due to the deadline date (it’s ended on 8 and we arrived at Kyoto on 9) -kinda similiar with one in Nijo Castle. LOL~ It’s super pretty with a lot of full-bloom sakura trees. Learned from our previous day, we went back early –not to forget we have to search for our new hotel. It was super hard to found, but thanks to Guesthouse Bon, we didn’t have to take our luggages –the owner is super kind and he helped us took our luggages to the new hotel.
The next day we went to Nishiki Market and Shimogamo temple before we
went to Osaka. We took a quick tour in Nishiki Market for breakfast and some
traditional snack and then we went to Shimogamo temple. Shimogamo is rather
small if compared with Yasaka or Kiyomizudera, but it still a nice place. I
tried to pull my very first lucky paper here for \200 only! If
you’re not sceptical or fanatic of your own religion, i recommend you to try
all things you can’t find in your own country! Hahaha! It’s a pity i can’t read
japanese, but the miko said i’m very lucky! :D Due to the bad weather, we
quickly went back to our hotel to get our luggages and went to Osaka.
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| Shimogamo temple |
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| the garden behind the temple |
Because the schedule in Kyoto was messed up, we had to re-schedule our
trip in Osaka. We cut off some places and decided to go to Umeda, Osaka Castle
and Shinsaibashi only. We only got half day on our first day in Osaka, so we
decided to go to Umeda for our dinner –it turned out pretty expensive hiks.
After that we quickly went back to our hotel to rest.
The next day we got up early to go to Osaka Castle. We didn’t do much there except for taking some photos and looking around for some history knowledge of the castle. We spent a lot of time on shopping instead. Haha. We went to Namba –and i found my last year hotel area– and start walking from Namba to Shinsaibashi. I bought some make-up kit in Shinsaibashi. We didn’t shop much actually. LOL~ Our money was spent on snack for souvenirs. Later on the evening, we went to Americamura (only 2 blocks from Shinsaibashi) and looking around the area –but we found nothing interesting because all stuff being sold there are branded items you can find in every country. So our journey ended here.
This is what we're doing after finish going up and down inside Osaka Castle....
The last day was rather interesting because of the early earthquake. We
quickly out of our room but didn’t do anything much other than walking around
in front of our room until the earthquake stopped. And then we went back to our
room and slept again. LOL~ Well, other than our stupidity due to our
sleepiness, we spent the last day on Tokyo and bought more snack for our family
and fly back to Jakarta.
The journey ends here! Please look forward for the tips in the next
post!
See you guys!
xoxo
Anastasia
Credit:
Photographer: me, Angelina Goenawan and Catherina J. G.
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Ohhhhhhhhhh my gosh, so many amazing memories!! I went to all of those places when I went to Japan a few years ago on a school trip and I want to go back again so badly! It looks like you had an amazing time, I hope you had lots of fun :)
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