In fact, it is hard to see clearly here, so everyone played in the snow here. After leaving, it was lunch time. The lunch included in the one-day tour package was udon noodles and tempura set meal, which tasted pretty good~ Opposite the restaurant was a large lake. The sky was very blue that day, and the lake was also blue. It was really beautiful here.
The next stop was Shiraito Falls. As soon as I got off the bus, I saw an extremely complete Mount Fuji! Seeing it with my own eyes made me understand why so many people travel long distances just to see it. It really has a magical power that can calm people down, because it is so beautiful that everything around it becomes a supporting role.
They all exist just to highlight her beauty. Because the weather was very good that day, I happened to see a rainbow on the waterfall when I passed by Shiraito Falls. It was really beautiful. There is a place selling dried persimmons and apples near Shiraito Falls. The apples of Mount Fuji are super big, the size of a palm, and they are delicious and sweet. If you come here, you can buy some and try them.
The persimmons here are also very famous~ And this is the fruit and vegetable juice that Yunluo drank almost every day during his stay in Japan. On the last day, he bought two cans and drank them at the airport before boarding the plane back home. In winter, there is also a limited-season strawberry juice in Japan, which tastes great! Leaving Shiraito Falls, Yunluo and An Chuyu set off for the last stop, Sengen Shrine.
[Sengen Shrine was built in 705 AD and is dedicated to the god of Arakura-go, Yatsushiro-gun, Kai Province. In 807 AD, when Mt. Fuji erupted, the Emperor Heijō sent an envoy to the shrine to perform the Mt. Fuji Fire Festival to protect the country. Today, it is used to ward off disasters and bring happiness to families.
The god of safe childbirth and child rearing is revered by locals and people from outside the prefecture. In spring, about 300 cherry trees bloom in the shrine, and visitors can enjoy the flowers while looking at Mount Fuji from afar. This is also the starting point of the Yoshidaguchi hiking trail.] At the shrine, the guide taught Yunluo and An Chuyu how to worship. Water and wooden spoons are available outside the shrine for washing hands and mouths.
First, the left hand. Then the right hand. Then scoop up a spoonful of water and put it in your mouth. After rinsing your mouth, spit it out. Finally, pass the wooden spoon to the next person. Then enter the shrine and throw a coin. The denomination is not limited. Then two bows, two claps, and one bow, that is, bow twice, clap twice, then make a wish, and finally bow again.
That's it. Of course, it's up to you to worship or not. It's up to you to worship or not. Because of Yunluo's habit, I didn't take photos inside the shrine, but only took photos of the surrounding scenery. The fat guy took a photo with Mount Fuji. Leaving Sengen Shrine. Yunluo and An Chuyu's one-day tour ended today. Finally, they returned to Tokyo.
After dropping Yunluo and An Chuyu off in Shinjuku, they went shopping for a while and then returned to the hotel to rest.
Due to the heavy snow, the Gion trip was cancelled. On the first day of 2015, I had a super hearty breakfast at Dormy Inn. A wonderful year starts with a wonderful breakfast! Then it was time for the free shuttle bus to depart. Yunluo and An Chuyu took their luggage and got on the bus to Tokyo Station to take the bus to Kyoto.
Because it didn't snow in Osaka and Tokyo. Yunluo and An Chuyu were still worried whether they could see the snow in Kyoto, because they heard that it was not easy to see the snow in Kyoto. After the Shinkansen drove for a short distance, a whole piece of white suddenly appeared in front of them. It turned out that it was snowing here! After a 2-hour drive.
Yunluo and An Chuyu finally arrived at the last stop of their trip to Japan, Kyoto. The first thing they did after getting off the bus was to go to the tourist information center in Kyoto to get a map of Nara, a map of Kyoto, and all the useful information. Yunluo was greeted by an old man who spoke very slowly and had a very elegant temperament. He spoke English very well.
When he gave Yunluo the train schedule book, he said, "This is a New Year's gift for you. Don't tell anyone. This is the secret of Yunluo and An's first encounter. Haha, what a lovely old man." Then he followed his instructions. Yunluo went to the opposite side of the station to buy the airport bus ticket for the last morning. As soon as he walked out of the station, he found...
It's snowing in Kyoto! It's said that this is the first time in 61 years that Kyoto has snowed! The snow fell very fast and heavily. It started just when Yunluo left the station. When Yunluo bought the ticket and returned to the tourist information center to leave the station again, snow had already accumulated on the ground. This means that Yunluo can see Kiyomizu Temple in the snow in the afternoon!
First, Yunluo and An Chuyu took their luggage to the townhouse and put it away. Can you believe that it had snowed for less than an hour? After putting away the luggage, they bought a one-day ticket for the Kyoto bus at the B&B and set off back to the bus station at Kyoto Station to take the bus to Kiyomizu Temple. There are many traditional Japanese houses like this in Kyoto.
Looking through the bus window on a snowy day is particularly impressive. Regarding Kiyomizu Temple, Yunluo will share some knowledge. [Kiyomizu Temple is the oldest temple in Kyoto. It was built in 794 AD and covers an area of 130,000 square meters. It was founded by Master Ci'en. According to legend, Master Ci'en was the first disciple of Tang Monk in Japan.
The existing Kiyomizu Temple was rebuilt in 1633. It is a beam-structured temple. The main hall is 19 meters wide and 16 meters deep. In front of the main hall is a suspended "stage" supported by 139 large logs several tens of meters high. The temple building is magnificent and ingeniously constructed without a single nail. The six-story wooden platform in the temple is rare in Japan.
The stage building stands majestically on a steep cliff and is extremely beautiful. There is a Japanese proverb: "Jump off the stage of Shimizu" (清水の舞台から飛び降りる), which is used to describe doing something with all one's might. Transportation: Take bus No. 206 or No. 100, get off at Shimizu-michi, and walk for about 8-10 minutes.
Just keep going up the slope and you will reach Kiyomizu-dera Temple. The road signs are very clear and you don't have to worry about getting lost. Other bus routes: Bus: No. 18, Higashiyama Gojo Station, only runs on Saturdays and holidays Bus: No. 207, Kiyomizu-michi Station Bus: No. 83, 85, 87, 88, 88, Kiyomizu-michi Station.
Tickets for Gojozaka Station: 300 yen/person for adults, 200 yen/person for elementary and junior high school students, 400 yen/person for adults in special circumstances Official website. Because it has been snowing, the umbrellas that Yunluo and An Chuyu are holding have become super heavy, and they have to take them down from time to time to shake off the snow before they can continue walking. But also because of this snowy day.
This section of Kiyomizu-zaka is particularly beautiful. Holding an umbrella, I finally reached Kiyomizu-dera Temple. When I walked in, I found that the snow scenery inside Kiyomizu-dera Temple was really beautiful. I don’t know why. I think it is much more beautiful than other places in Kyoto. Go up the stairs and you will reach Kiyomizu-dori. You can ask for fortune at Kiyomizu-dori.
You can also put a 100 yen coin in the fortune stick and shake the fortune stick tube. A fortune stick will fall out. Tell the number to the staff and they will give you the corresponding fortune stick. The snow scene from the Kiyomizu stage is like a fairy tale world. Next to the Kiyomizu stage is the famous Jishujinja Shrine, which is very effective in praying for marriage. There are two marriage stones here.
It is said that if you can walk from one stone to another with your eyes closed, your marriage will be good that year. If you close your eyes and need someone to lead you from one stone to another, your marriage will also be good, but you will need the help of others, such as a friend's introduction. You can also ask for divination and make a wish. Yunluo did not take photos here.
I'll find a photo online to show you. Coming out of the Jishujinja Shrine, walking along the mountain, you can reach the best spot for taking photos of the Qingshui Stage. However, because it snowed so heavily that day, Yunluo and An Chuyu could only take the following photos. After waiting for a while, the snow started to subside, and Yunluo quickly took a photo to see the Qingshui Stage in person.
It was really beautiful. When we left Kiyomizu Temple, it was already completely dark. We originally planned to go to Gion, but the snow was too heavy. Yunluo and An Chuyu waited for the bus on the roadside for nearly half an hour and 40 minutes. Later, they decided to go back to Kyoto Station first. Gion became Yunluo's motivation to go to Kyoto again. After returning to Kyoto Station. It was already 8 o'clock in the evening.
Because it was January, almost all the stores were closed. Yunluo and An Chuyu went directly to the Ramen Alley inside Kyoto Station to find food. Ramen Alley is the same as Ramen Republic, with several ramen restaurants in the same place. Yunluo and An Chuyu chose Todai, which was introduced in many guides. This ramen restaurant also requires food coupons purchased in advance.
All the purchases were based on guesswork and looking at pictures. After buying the food coupons, give them to the clerk. If there are many people, you need to wait outside. When there are seats, the clerk will take you in and serve the food. Here is another story about coincidence. The two Taiwanese people who were waiting in front of Yunluo and An Chuyu actually lived downstairs from Yunluo and An Chuyu in the B&B.
Yunluo and An Chuyu found this when they went out the next day. There were various seasonings and raw eggs on the table. You can take them at will, and the advantage of this design is that people on both sides can easily get the seasonings. The ramen and fried rice ordered by Yunluo and An Chuyu arrived quickly. The ramen was still as salty as usual, but the fried rice was delicious beyond Yunluo's expectation.
No wonder many people order a bowl of ramen and a bowl of fried rice. There is also Hakata Ikkosha, which is very famous in mainland China and Hong Kong. After eating ramen, Yunluo and An Chuyu took the bus back to the B&B. See Nishi Honganji Temple at night.
I woke up early in the morning in Kyoto and had a homemade breakfast at the B&B. Yunluo thought the Japanese breakfast was very strange. It looked like a small portion, but it was really filling, and the nutritional combination was very good. The flip board at the B&B was very interesting. If you were going out, you would flip it to out, and when you came back, you would flip it back to in.
I have to flip the sign every day~It snowed heavily the day before, and the weather in Kyoto was very good the next day. The Nishi Honganji Temple opposite. There will be lucky bag activities during the New Year in Japan, so there will be many people queuing outside the department store early in the morning waiting to get lucky bags as soon as the door opens. Lucky bags mean that each lucky bag has a limited price, and the price of the goods inside will be much higher than the fixed price.
But the quantity is limited, and it will be sold out first. Apple's lucky bags are even more amazing, and the contents may be iPads, iPhones, or even MacBooks. So a few days before the Apple lucky bags are released, people will set up tents outside the store. I saw a news report that there was a line of people outside the Apple store in Sapporo, Hokkaido.
The police would go and push people every few hours in the middle of the night to see if they were still alive. Yunluo and An Chuyu decided not to grab the lucky bags, and prepared to take the Kintetsu to Nara. After 40-50 minutes, they could reach Nara Station. The sign said they could exit at Todaiji Temple. Yunluo found that there were several exits to get there, so it didn't have to be a specific exit.
After exiting the station, you can walk for about 5 minutes to see Nara's most famous deer. There may be more deer on the sidewalk than people. Did you know that the deer in Nara really know how to bow? Then there are a lot of deer, deer, deer. Nara's weather is also very good. Nara has many old Japanese houses, which are very comfortable to look at. Cartoon characters in Nara.
So cute~~ All the way to Todaiji Temple, there were deer all the way. And these deer were very interesting, they stood in the middle of the road, they would not let people, nor were they afraid of people, people would walk around them. If you have food in your hand, a large group of deer will surround you. They are really greedy, very greedy. Walking and walking, we arrived at Todaiji Temple.
[Todaiji Temple (hiragana とうだいじ) is the main temple of the Kegon sect in Japan. It is also known as the Great Kegon Temple, the Golden Light Four Heavenly Kings Gokoku Temple, etc. Todaiji Temple is located in the east of Heijokyo (now Nara) and is one of the seven great temples in the southern capital. It has a history of about 1,200 years. In 1998, Todaiji Temple was listed as a World Cultural Heritage as part of the historical sites of ancient Nara.
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The Great Buddha Hall of Todaiji Temple is 57 meters wide and 50 meters deep, making it the largest wooden building in the world. Inside the Great Buddha Hall, there is a large Buddha statue of Vairocana that is over 15 meters tall. I won’t take photos inside the Great Buddha Temple, based on my personal habits. Next, there are deer, deer, deer. I have to say how greedy these deer are.
Because Yunluo's phone case is in the shape of a gingerbread man, which is very similar to the color of Deer Crackers, they chased Yunluo in various ways. Also, Yunluo's backpack strap is brown. Yunluo was taking pictures. Suddenly, he found something pulling Yunluo from behind. Turning back, he saw that it was a deer biting Yunluo's backpack strap. If you want to feed them, there is a stall selling Deer Crackers on the roadside.
There is no need to compare prices, all are of average price, just buy the ones you like and feed them, it seems to be 500 yen a portion, you can feed a lot. Feeding deer is also a skill. Didn't I say that the deer bowed before? That's because they are asking for food. Just give them the food after they bow. But if you give it to him and he leaves but he still has food in his hand, he will find it or go to feed others.
Those deer really will butt people with their heads, it's true. Yunluo fed one and when he turned to feed another one, he was butted from behind by the previous one. But don't be afraid, it doesn't hurt. It's just funny. And these deer usually don't bite people, so don't worry, just don't provoke them. After feeding the deer, Yunluo and An Chuyu set off for the Kintetsu Station.
Prepare to go to Nara~! For details on how to take Kintetsu to Nara and Fushimi, please refer to the third point of the transportation section of the preparation section. It is very detailed there, and it is all feasible that Yunluo has personally practiced. Nara Arrive at Tanbabashi Station, get off, and transfer to Keihan Railway. Walk to Keihan Railway Station, take the train to Chushojima, then get off and transfer to Uji Line.
The seats on the Uji Line are all matcha-colored, which is very interesting. It takes about 15 minutes to get to Uji Station. There is a saying that goes, "To get the world's matcha, look to Japan; to get Japan's matcha, look to Uji." When you come to the birthplace of matcha, you must try the most famous matcha here. Yunluo and Anchuyu walked all the way to Ito Kyuu Yamen.
Everyone in the store is waiting for a seat. You can write your name on the registration book first, then buy souvenirs next to you, and wait for the clerk to call your name before you can sit down and eat. There are so many kinds of souvenirs here, and they are not too expensive. There are also many Kyoto-only and Uji-only products. You can buy some to give to friends.
After waiting for about 15 minutes, Yunluo and Anchuyu were seated. First, they ordered two signature matcha desserts! I have to say that the taste of Uji's matcha is different from that of other places. The matcha desserts in Xiangjiang City are too sweet and I can't stand it at all. Yunluo didn't try it again after eating it once. The matcha in Baodao tastes okay.
But it doesn't have the fragrance of Uji. Uji matcha has a little bitterness, but also a little sweetness. It tastes very good and doesn't feel astringent. This is a model dessert at the entrance of the store. You must try it. There are matcha cereal, matcha jelly, matcha balls, matcha cookies, glutinous rice balls, rice cakes, and vanilla ice cream.
A cup of tea has everything you need, super satisfying. After eating matcha, Yunluo and An Chuyu wandered around Uji for a while, and seeing that it was getting dark, they hurried to Fushimi Inari Taisha. It was almost dark when we arrived at Fushimi Inari Taisha, so I would like to remind everyone not to plan a visit to Fushimi in the evening, otherwise you won't be able to see the magnificent Chitorii gate after dark.
Because it was New Year, there were a lot of people at Fushimi Inari. Because it was already dark, Yunluo could only barely take a photo of part of the Thousand Torii Gate, which gave Yunluo another reason to return to Kyoto! After walking around Fushimi Inari Taisha and making a wish, Yunluo and An Chuyu set off back to downtown Kyoto. After returning to Kyoto, they immediately went looking for food.
We found an Okonomiyaki restaurant in Kyoto Station and tried the Okonomiyaki that Yunluo and An Chuyu had not had in Osaka. The taste was good, and the sauce was sweet, very similar to the taste of Formosa. There were a lot of vegetables in it, and there were many varieties for us to choose from.
Shopping at Kyoto Station It was the last full day in Kyoto. There were not many attractions planned for today, and the main purpose was shopping. In the morning, Yunluo and An Chuyu moved their luggage to the Hokke Club Hotel, which was just opposite Kyoto Station, so that they could take the airport bus back to Hong Kong City on the last morning. After settling their luggage, Yunluo and An Chuyu set off for the symbol of Kyoto - Kinkakuji Temple.
[Golden Pavilion (Japanese: きんかくじ) (English: Golden Pavilion), the official name is actually Luyuan Temple (Japanese: ろくおんじ), because the building is covered with gold foil, it is also called the Golden Pavilion. It is an ancient Japanese temple located in Kyoto and was first completed in 1397 (the fourth year of the Oei era). In addition to being a well-known tourist attraction. (To be continued..)