Woke up this morning to beautiful blue
skies. Quick showers, breakfast and decided to walk part way around
the lake for our last amazing views of Mt Fuji, we wish the weather
had been like this the entire time we were here. We know some people
come here and never get to see it, so we must be grateful for what we
have seen.
Back to the hotel, finish up packing,
check out and yesterday we had decided we would take the bus to the
station as it is quite a steady uphill walk. We weren't entirely
positive that the bus was coming on schedule so decided to just walk
it. An absolutely beautiful morning and the walk wasn't that bad.
We are about an hour early for our bus so we walk around for some
more iconic pictures of Mt Fuji. We happen on a man trying to get
people to go up to the 3rd floor to a cafe for views. We
took him up on the offer and some fantastic views, passed on the
coffee shop which is why I am sure we were invited up. Some great
shots of the train station, then off to meet Heather at the bus stop
for moving on.
Our first transport is by bus for
nearly 1.5 hours to Mishima station. Here we purchase our tickets to
take us to Kyoto and we have nearly 2 hours wait so we go to the
restaurant right outside the station for lunch. A good lunch, salad,
pork, kimchi, rice, miso soup all for around $10 cdn. After lunch
off to the train station to get the next mode of transport, the
Shinkansen train. This train will take us at over 250km per hour for
less than 2 hours to our final destination. This train can go up to
500km/hr, France and China have faster trains.
Arrived in Kyoto and found our hotel.
Once again we have a very tiny room, we thought it was going to be a
little bigger based on the size the ad showed, but front desk told us
this is the right size for what we paid for. At least in Tokyo we
were able to slide suitcases under the bed, not here. Oh well we
will just have to stay very organized.
We settled in then were off to try to
get to Tofuku-ji temple before it closed, but we were too late. It
looks beautiful, we will try to get back another day. Moved on to
Fushimi Inari Shrine which has thousands of red torii gates that have
been donated. When we arrived it was quite busy, by the time we left
it was much quieter. I can just imagine how busy it is during the
day when more people are out. Heather met us here after she had her
hostel sorted, sounds like it was a bit of a mess. The good news is
she now has wifi, a couple helped her add esim to her phone so now it
will be so much easier to keep in touch.
A stop at 7/11 for some noodle soup,
and we are back at our hotel for the night. Our hotel gives you one
free drink a night, tonight we opted for Moscow mule. There is also
live music in the lobby but we only stuck around until we had
finished our drinks.
Off to bed and looking forward to more
exploring tomorrow.
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| I think you can rent these otherwise they are cottages |
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| Steep hill to the hotel and the rope tow aka gondola |
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| Beautiful reflection this morning |
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| Walk to the bus station |
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| From the rooftop cafe |
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| At the station where you get get hot food |
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| From the bus, we drove around Mt Fuji |
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| You ordered from a tablet |
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| My beef, Wendy pork was more like thick bacom |
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| Wendy used google translate to find the prices |
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| It also showed in English |
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| Last view of Kyoto from the Mishima train platform, the backside |
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| Our fast train |
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| The few 1 minute stops, also in English |
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| One of many temples in this area near Tofuku-ji temple |
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| Tofuku-ji temple but not open, too late |
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| Cute street near Fushimi Inari Shrine |
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| Amazing food display |
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| Fushimi Inari Shrine |
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| Also small family shrines mid way up the mountain |
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| When we got down, it was dark, the shrines were beautiful |
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| First time we seen these fabric strings |
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