Kyoto is beautiful…., without doubt, the most romantic city in Japan. A roughly 30 mins from Osaka. Because of its rich cultural heritage, Kyoto was not targeted in the air raids of world war II, and as a result, it is still home to numerous priceless structures, temples and shrines. At the same time, Kyoto is a bustling modern city. I’m able to navigate Kyoto by myself using public transportation! It’s pretty easy… City buses go from one tourist attraction to another.

Scene that I’ve seen when I came out JR Kyoto line station.

Kyoto one day-pass for subway and buses – 1200 Jp Yen.

Temple in the city.

Kyoto streets with vending machines everywhere.

I had my ramen at a small shop when I reach Kyoto. Its the most delicious ramen I’ve ever had. The soup is warm and the noodles are hot !! Food and subway are very expensive in Kyoto. The most cheapest meal I had is 500 Japanese yen for just a bowl of tempura udon ~

Stairs, stairs… and stairs!

The most unexpected thing is, there’s a lot of staircase !! haha, although I think the stairs are what attributed to me losing basically 1 pound per day during my 3 days visit in Kyoto. I’d visited some temples with fantastic architecture which took 2 hours to climb to the top of the mountain… I’m glad I trained a bit back in Shanghai cause I have been walking a lot of miles (or kilometers) since i got here…….

The backpackers hostel that I am staying in Kyoto is very very clean. I met a few Australians and British here. In the evening of 3rd May, l leave Kyoto to Tokyo. It tooks around 2 hours by Shinkansen (bullet train)….. It’s super FAST !!! A normal train would takes 10++ hours to reach Tokyo… can you imagine that !??!?!?!

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