First walk we went on was downtown Kyoto which included Pontocho and Gion. It was so beautiful at night!! All the lights. We also went to a fan shop and saw two Geishas walking. We had dinner along the canal in Gion. I had udon noodles and egg. Very yummy. I don`t remember much... I was so tired I was falling asleep standing up. Anna was very good about getting us home in one piece. My head hit the pillow and I was out!
Next morning we had a traditional Japanese breakfast at out Ryokan. It included egg, fish, rice, and miso soup. Tasty but it had this really tiny white fishes that totally gross me out. I totally didn`t even notice that is until Anna mentioned it to the lady next to use who didn`t eat fish... Oh well... down the hatch!
Our second attempt at following a lonely planet walking tour was... well an attempt. It was suppose to be four hours... I think it took us at least eight! We did see some amazing sights including Kiyomizu Temple which had the really cool womb I mentioned in my last posting. It is nominated at one of the new 7 wonders of the world. Anna drank from this waterfall that is suppose to help with school and exams ... Go ANNA!
Then we walked down some cobble stone alleys with beautiful pottery shops. Anna got some great glasses and I got a really neat flower vase. We then had lunch at a little outdoor shop that served lots of veggies. Very tasty! Even the stuff I wasn`t even sure what it was!
We then lost the tour and found this gigantic Buddha. It was the memorial for the unknown soldier of WWII. We got incense with our admission and we put it in the huge pot. They have a LOT of incense!!! Most temples and shrines are very smelly (well, in a good way!)
After that we found the tour again and went to the park and had shaved ice and frozen coke. After that we walked about 2 minutes to this beautiful temple that we both really wanted to see... but it closed about 1/2 hour before we got there... so we broken in... well we actually went in the exit. We were able to see the main areas before they started to corral people out. We got to see most of it... whoo-hoo! We are such bad asses!
Then on the way home we found Liquor Mountain. Liquor Mountain is SO SO SO cheap. We are talking name brand stuff for less then 15 dollars a bottle!!!
We had dinner at Tomi-Zushi down a dark alley... it was in the guide book! It was SO good. I swear some of the sushi we ordered was alive when we ordered it! We just kept ordering and ordering. The sushi was melt in your mouth good! Beer and good sushi... it can`t get any betterr! Best of all, the total bill was $30!! CRAZY!
I was out like a light again... All day walking totally wore me right out.
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