Got a bus pass this morning and headed up to Kiyomizu-dera. Went to the womb (a cool-yet-bizarre experience in pitch black culminating in some stone touching), and it was very picturesque with a great view of traditional Kyoto mixed wih views of the city.
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| At Kiyomizu-dera |
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| Kiyomizu-dera views are stunning. |
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| Kiyomizu-dera scenery |
From there we took a walk through Southern HIgashiyama. It was full of souvenir shops and small food vendors, rickshaw pullers and temples and shrines. Tried an amazing profiterole which was filled with green tea soft serve ice cream. We stopped on the way for lunch at a tempura soba place.
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| Green-tea soft-serve profiterole. Yes, please! |
Lisa wanted to buy a knife so we walked through Nishiki market where she bought an Aritsugu knife. It was so interesting as they told us how to look after the knife. It's non-stainless steel and seems to be quite high maintenance! We had dinner with the family of one of Dad's friends in Kyoto and they said the knife brand was very famous. Nishiki market was so cool - it's an indoor market with shops selling everything you could need in the kitchen, like crockery, kitchenware, pots, pans, tea, pickles, snack food on sticks, sake, neon signs. It was similar to Kappabashi-dori in Tokyo, except here there were food and drink stalls! People were actually eating the street food as they were walking, so it seems the "rude to eat in public spaces" rule does not apply here.
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| Nishiki market |
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| Nishiki market was bustling. |
We have finally taken some sticker photos here and they are hilarious. Our skin is so white and the software is fantastic - it makes hair brown, removes spots, widens the Asian eyes and is, overall, very flattering! We may just need to go again! Haha.
It's Lisa's last day in Japan tomorrow. We have the cooking lesson and plan to do some last minute shopping. Will see if we can sneak in another karaoke session!
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