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~~~