Japan Itinerary (part 2)

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Day 4 & 5 - kyoto :

We arrived at kyoto station in the afternoon, then heading directly to Sakara Kyoto in higashiyama prefecture to put our luggage. If you are looking for a quiet surrounding, higashiyama will fit you perfectly.

The nearest restaurant from our hotel is Mcdonalds! Since we're super bored with this option, we start to looking for another resto. Luckily my friend found an udon store near our hotel in shinjo area, this place is recommended by foursquare :D it's delicious and have similar taste with marugame udon in indo.

The next day, we choose to start our journey with trip to fushimi inari shrine. Fushimi inari was crowded at that time (and i guess it will be the same in every single day). We follow the route to finish our lap. This is one of my favourite place in kyoto,  it's stunning!!

After strolling around fushimi inari area, we went to sagano-arashiyamaa bamboo grove. Eventhough this place is just a path surounded by bamboo on both side, still..this is a lovely spot :)

I always wanted to ride a bike in japan, and it's good to know that we're able to go to sagano-arashiyama bamboo grove in 2 option, on foot or cycling. Ofcourse, we choose the 2nd option :) It's been a long time since i ride a bike, so i guess i made a zig zag route trying to control the bike, lol. It's kinda hard to ride a bike on bamboo grove, simply because there's too many padestrian. Inside the bamboo grove area, there is a parking space for bikes. So we keep our bike there and start walking to tenryuji temple. This is a place to enjoy both autumn foliage and hanami.. the view is nice!

The highlight of this trip were fushimi inari shrine and cycling, for sure.

After we finish our ride, we're heading to kyoto station. Actually we're planning to had dinner there, but unfortunately it's really hard to find halal resto in this station. We gave up.
We went to gion area, hoping that we able to meet mcdonals *gosh!*.

Imho, it will be easier to reach gion by train than by bus. The distance is nearer from the station. But, since we took a bus, so we have to walking around (again) to find gion (and mcdonalds). Finally!! we're in gion, but we didn't met any maiko. So we changed our routes, to get some dinner and go home.

Day 6 - Kyoto
This is our last day in Kyoto. We're planning to visit Kiyomizudera and Kinkakuji pavillion. I always monitor japan guide to find some info about kiyomizudera's renovation. When i reached there, the renovation is still ongoing. I really enjoy kiyomizudera, it's a superb area! There are many souvenir shops in this area.

After having our lunch near kinkakuji bus stop, we went to kinkakuji pavillion. Basically, kinkajuki is just a park with a pond and a golden pavillion. Really??? That's it :D it' kinda sad to know the truth, isn't it?!

Now..it's time to go to the capital city! Busiest city in japan, Tokyo. At night, we're heading to tokyo by shinkansen and our journey in tokyo will start tomorrow!