Rise and shine! Today’s morning visit to the Kiyomizu-dera temple which is supposedly the most famous and crowded temple in Kyoto. And cos I was relatively early, I had shots of the empty sannenzaka streets! The funny thing was when you were trudging up the slope and you see a group of people with their…
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Travelogue: Japan – Nara, Fushimi Inari, Eikando Temple, Tea Ceremony En
Grabbed breakfast at Coffee Don before checking out. It’s a coffee / bar place and there was only one old gentleman making your breakfast at that early hour so be prepared to wait a little. I thought the toast was quite good. In fact the table next to me liked it so much they ordered…
Gion Tadayasu – Serving Edomae-Style Sushi in Kyoto
This Edomae-style sushi place opened in 2017 in Gion district and is considerably new. But despite being only in the sushi scene for a year plus, it has risen to become one of the top sushi restaurants in Kyoto, earning favours from sushi enthusiastic. I was excited to visit and reached pretty early so I…
Travelogue: Japan – Takayama & Shirakawago
Alright I’m back in Japan again, but hopefully this time less stressful and more chill. Check-in was very fast since there was nobody at the counters and the staff told me I could go use the lounge first. So I popped by T3 to see the wizarding world which was very meh, before going to…
Travelogue: Japan – Tsukiji Market, Asakusa, Jumbo Yakiniku, Bills Omotesando
My last part of the Japan travelogue, which was also my last 2 days in Tokyo. We didn’t have many days in Tokyo cos the friends thought there’s nothing much to do there, but the itinerary turned out to be pretty packed for some strange reasons. On the contrary, I do believe Tokyo has many…