Day 4 in Japan and we ventured in Kyoto...We travelled from Osaka to Kyoto using Shinkansen~~~

Schedule of the day:
kyoto--arashiyama--tenryuji--tea ceremony--kinkakuji--nishiki market--nijo castle--pontocho alley

Outside of Arashiyama station

From the station we walked our way to Arashiyama....passed through a park and it was blooming with sakura~~~Arashiyama was not far away....the walk just takes about 15 mins~~~

Finally arrived ~~~there was so many ppl that it was impossible to take pics without them~~

From arashiyama we walked to tenryuji~~~~

Next we went to the tea ceremony place....Boyfie made an appointment prio to coming to Japan because I insisted on attending a tea ceremony~~~




Spotted this takoyaki shop on our way back and it was superb!!!

Automated fortune telling machine

ya...there is english version available~~~

For lunch, we went to Nishiki market to satisfy our cravings....



















Next was nijo castle~~~ during the sakura blooming period, the castle opens to public at night for a limited period of time.....you can really enjoy the sakura view at night~~~





Last destination was Pontocho alley for dinner~~~~




found another ramen shop in one of the alleys~~~

Went Universal Studio at Day 3!!! We bought our tickets in Malaysia in advance so that we don't have to queue on that day~~~This post will have more photos than words...lol

The signature globe

while waiting for the theme park to open....initially we were shocked by the amount of ppl because we chose to go on a weekday just to avoid the crowd...but seriously, Japanese are so well mannered and orderly that there were hardly any confusion when the gates were opened...

Our tickets!!!

I was kinda shocked when i saw shingeki no kyojin merchandise...i tot they only sell these in Akihabara...

Seriously even their staff cosplay to work.....i LOVE it!!

Butterbeer!!! i bought the large 1 so that i can have the free mug...

It was time to leave the park and we went Uemeda Sky building next....
Boyfie and i wander into those small alley nearby and stumbled across this nice little restaurant....