Japan Trip June 2016 - Part 6 Kyoto

Our last morning in Tokyo was another wet and gloomy one. Unaffected much by the rain (thanks to Miss Kiki's new raincoat), we headed out to have breakfast at Jean Francois in Mark City Mall. Our shoes had gotten wet again, but oh well, we got used to it by now.

After we checked out of the apartment, we bought the Shinkansen (bullet train) transfer tickets at the Shibuya station. Shibuya Station was not on Shinkansen route so we had to go to Shinagawa Station first and then transferred to a Shinkansen.

The ride took about 3 hours. Kyoto greeted us with even more rain than Tokyo that day. The check-in spot for the AirBnb property we booked was just a few blocks away, but we didn't want to haul our suitcases in the rain so we decided to take a cab. The ride costed us 650 yen so it wasn't too bad at all. We checked in no problem and settled in the apartment. It was larger than the Tokyo apartment but in my opinion it wasn't as clean.

Starving as we were, we went along with Miss Kiki's request to have pasta. At least it was Japanese style pasta :D The restaurant was right inside the Kyoto Station. 

After lunch we walked around the station and we spent some time browsing the stores there.

Then we went for coffee...

And then we decided to go to Teramachi and Shinkyogoku Shopping Street.

 

Something interesting happened there. This is my post about it.

 

For dinner we had Katsu at Katsukara. It was a very popular Katsu restaurant in Kyoto, but in my opinion Katsusei in Jakarta is better. On our previous trip to Kyoto we also had Katsukara but in the Kyoto Tower Cube instead of the shopping street location.

 

After dinner we walked around a little bit more but we were all very tired so we headed back to the apartment. Navigating the train system in Kyoto was not as simple as Tokyo. Sure, the lines were much simpler but Google Maps Navigation did not work as well as it did in Tokyo. In the end, we had to walk really far to get back but I was so proud of everyone for walking without complaints :) Actually, Miss Kiki was more cheerful later in the evenings compared to mornings.

Stay tuned for the next post!