So, from Minamisenri to Awaji Station changing line to Hankyu Kyoto for Nishikyogoku Station, the nearest station from their hostel, and also the place where we promised to meet. And everything went smoothly even without internet connection. I met them and then we continue straightly from Nishikyogoku station to Saiin Station, and took a bus from there to the Kinkakuji Temple.
My first time here! But since it was a long holiday, so many people everywhere and of course here also, soooo i didnt really enjoy the temple visit. But i was enjoying hanging out with them tho!
me with the over excited face -_-
Next is Ginkakuji, its sounds the same but different, the location is also different. Kinkakuji is Kin -> gold, and Ginkakuji is Gin -> silver. We took the bus for 20 mins from Kin to Gin. And, i should say that the silver temple has a larger and prettier garden and things to see than the gold. But not satisfied enough compared to the 1000 gates shrine, Fushimi Inari and Kyomizudera, i think. But Kin really has a gold temple, not like Gin, we really shocked to know the silver temple is just a ordinary temple.
Gin, should it be painted by silver color?
Instagram worthy?
Inhale Exhale here!
Ginkakuji's entrance.
Stopped by near Ginkakuji for matcha ice cream and chocolate dango!
And why temple temple temple? Mas Faisal apparently has a big interest to 御朱印帳（ごしゅいんちょう）a book that can be bought at any temple or shrine or souvenir shops to collect the stamp (the fancy one) calligraphy drawn by the temple/shrine staff. Really cool, even Ox also bought and collecting it. But i have no interest hehe plus each stamp that we want to get is not free, you should pay around 300 JPY for each calligraphy. I just noticed this thing is exist and many people lining up for the calligraphy!
The stamp collectors!
From Gin, we walked through a philosopher path. Nicely named. I think this path will be very very pretty during Sakura season on Spring. But now, its a time about to change to Autumn, so just so so, but walking there was really peaceful, somehow i can get it why its named Philosopher Path.
At the end of the Path, there were many temples. More temples. One of them that we visited is Nanzenji temple. There, we found a different things than other temple, that was a huge wall that looks like build by European. But I don't know the fact.
Enough with the temple, we need a break. Our legs also need a break. HAHA. And we went to Kyoto Station, randomly to find a sushi restaurant, since my guests really want to eat sushi. And after a long long searching, (because we kept lost our way, also we almost gave up) we found the only one sushi restaurant that open at the moment. When we arrived, we straightly got seats. And after that people lining up. That Kaiten Sushi (Conveyor belt sushi) named Musashi Kaiten Sushi. And then we ate. 1-2-3 everything taste so good for me, a way way better than others kaiten sushi i had before. Ox and Mas Faisal also felt the same way. At the end we ate approx 10 plates each. Then, until we left the restaurant while kept talking about the good taste, we never realized that sushi place was a famous one in Kyoto. HAHA so randomly LUCKY!
See the people's review and restaurant detail here: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g298564-d967638-Reviews-Musashi_Sushi-Kyoto_Kyoto_Prefecture_Kinki.html
Of course I will go eat this sushi again if I go to Kyoto Station next time XD
After that we visited Kyomizudera, my second time there, and again I visited this temple during the evening, when the temple almost close. But the different this time so many people still entering the temple even 30mis left before its closing. And also we met some funny guy-geisha there!
Kyomizudera
That day ends after we visited and shopped at Teramachi and also got a snack there!
Nom nom nom, we really get trapped by the cute foods figure in the front of the restaurant! HAHAH
And, the second day.. the first meeting didn't go smoothly as the first day was done. But I have nothing to sad about because I keep laughing all the time HAHAH how can I made the staffs of Ramen Museum worried, and then I made all the staff knew Mas Faisal and Ox faces and name! I made them super famous.. really i would like to give all the staff of Momofuku Ando Ramen Museum a big applause of services! They even let us to finish our ramen-making session even tho the museum already closed :"
*to be continued
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