Kyoto Day 7

I now know how the Japanese can eat so much and yet maintain a figure. They walk. A lot. Kikuko-san, who accompanied us up the hill to Kiyommizu-dera, didn't as much pant on the entire journey. I, the flabby unfit, was secretly taking fast, short breaths. haha. Embarrassing. Anyway, we too walked alot. And i quite enjoyed it. How I wish I can do that in Singapore but Singapore is just too hot. :O

Day 7

Just across the street from our ryokan is Amazon coffee shop. They serve amazing breakfast and coffee.

We sat here, facing the street.

Then Yan turned emo on me. haha. just joking.

Her waffles breakfast.

My mum's honey toast with ice-cream breakfast.

My open baguette breakfast! It was voted the best among the three. :D

After which, we walked to Sanjusangendo to see the five hundred thousand armed Kanon statues. They are all housed in this thirty-three (hence the name) pillared temple. Sadly, no pictures allowed inside.
Coca-cola benches!

Huge temple doors.

After sanjusangendo, we trekked a 2 km to visit Kiyomizu temple again. This time my mum chose the cemetery route which is even steeper than the previous day's route. (Yan didn't approve of me taking pictures of cemeteries. She said it would also capture the spirits of the graves. haha. i took them anyway cause it's just too beautiful.)
After our arduous journey, we ate! My bento which I bought earlier .Jelly noodle in syrup which we ordered from the stall. The stall mama was quite displeased that we brought outside food into their stall. :Þ

Kiyomizu-dera. Sakura in full bloom.

We caught some japanese girls who came to perform their coming-of-age ceremony. heehee.

Our looong walk down. From here, we began our South Higaishima Walk.

Right turn into Ishibeikoji, our lunch! A home-made soba house.
My tenzaru super-thin soba. I didn't know thin soba can taste this good.
My mum's beancurd skin cold soba.

Yan's ten-don.Some lovely sights along the way:

My favourite anpan-man! And it comes in 2 sizes: big and bigger. :D

Lots of walking after, we made it back to our ryokan where Yan had her cup-noodle dinner and my mum and I head to a nearby Japanese restaurant for dinner. Below is beancurd skin salad.

Seasoned sea snails.Chilled baby octopus.

Sushi moriwase. Wasn't fantastic. I had a real good sushi meal later in Osaka.

Tender beef tendons with mustard. My mum was oohing and aahing over it. haha.
And all the the dishes were accompanied by Asahi, 500ml. I think it was the beer causing me to behave in a particular way because the chef behind the bar kept pointing to me and say kawaii. haha.Our long overdue mochi dessert. We bought them in the morning. Goodnight.

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