This was our first actual day in Kyoto, because the last we just slept there. Our hostel was....kind of special. Just the kind of place you will never choose if you have another option, do you get what I mean, right?
Our first destination was the Bamboo park. The name explain itselft what it is, doesn't it? But this place was a bit far, so we were seeing another places along the way. For instance, the big river that divides Kyoto.
I am quite proud of the following picture, but I actually just had a stroke of luck. I was trying to take the picture, and then gust of wind made the cherry blossoms to blow on the wind. My new cover picture on facebook hehehe.
Finally we reached the Bamboo park. It was a nice place to take some good pictures.
The bamboo route finished in a train station, but not in a normal one. There is a train without ceiling in which you can enjoy all the landscape of its path. It wasn't that expensive and I think it really worth.
Then finished seeing that part of Kyoto, our next stop was the famous golden temple.
Afterwards, we went to the temple of Kiyomizu Dera. This temple is located in the summit of a hill, so better prepared to walk a bit harder. Some parts of this temple were under construction (restoration I mean hehe). But anyway it worth to be visited.
Finally, the last stop of the day was the temple of Fushimi Inari Taisha, very famous because of the movie Memories of a Geisha. Actually, this is the only place of Japan that appears in the movie. The rest are just movie sets.
Unfortunately we arrived at night, so we couldn't see the shrine very well. We decided to come back the next day, and then we went to take the dinner. Be careful where you go for dinner in Kyoto. You can died starving if you choose th wrong restaurant hehe.
The restaurant was very cool, but that dish is the only thing I ate for dinner (800 yen). Yeah, Kyoto could be very expensive...
Finally, we went to the hostel. It was a long long day, we needed a break.
