8AM: a convenience-store inspired breakfast
As our hotel, Ibis Styles Kyoto, is located right opposite Kyoto Station, we just grabbed the Japanese rice balls (re: onigiri) and Japanese milk/ instant coffee to eat in our hotel for breakfast. You should not underestimate the beauty of convenience store in Japan. They basically have everything you can think of.
10AM: a stroll at the bamboo forest
Morning is the best time to go to Arashiyama for its serene and magnificent bamboo forest. You can access the bamboo forest directly from the main street of Arashiyama, near the entrance to Tenryu-ji Temple. There is just one main path through the grove. The path is slowly going uphill so walking is quite tough for you, you can approach one of the macho men who pulls carriage as their main line of income and he will gladly bring you around on his carriage. All you have to do is paying him according to the rate, of course. Go slightly deeper to avoid other tourists photo-bombing your picture in the heavenly forest.
As our hotel, Ibis Styles Kyoto, is located right opposite Kyoto Station, we just grabbed the Japanese rice balls (re: onigiri) and Japanese milk/ instant coffee to eat in our hotel for breakfast. You should not underestimate the beauty of convenience store in Japan. They basically have everything you can think of.
10AM: a stroll at the bamboo forest
Morning is the best time to go to Arashiyama for its serene and magnificent bamboo forest. You can access the bamboo forest directly from the main street of Arashiyama, near the entrance to Tenryu-ji Temple. There is just one main path through the grove. The path is slowly going uphill so walking is quite tough for you, you can approach one of the macho men who pulls carriage as their main line of income and he will gladly bring you around on his carriage. All you have to do is paying him according to the rate, of course. Go slightly deeper to avoid other tourists photo-bombing your picture in the heavenly forest.
12PM: lunchie at Arashiyama
After all those walking, one needs a good food to fill his or her empty stomach. You can choose either eating at a traditional restaurant (Shigetsu is one of the famous choices of restaurants to eat in Arashiyama) or indulge in the local street food. We opted for the latter and we never regret our decision as these four-flavour ice cream taste like nothing we have ever tasted before. Not everybody has ever tasted sweet potato before in his or her life.
3PM: ninja-training
After indulging in various street food at Arashiyama, it is time for us to continue our journey toward the greatest skill to learn in Japan, the art of ninjas. There is nowhere else better than Ninjatown (which is also officially known as Toei Kyoto Studio Park) to master this otherwise-historical-art. Wear your ninja garb and be prepared for some intense training inside the park. If you think ninja art is not for you, you can also consider to train to become a great samurai instead. After all, the sky is the limit here at Ninjatown.
7PM: dinner at Teramachi street
With all those training to avoid the traps, we could not help but being hungry again. It is, therefore, the right time to visit Kyoto's Kitchen, Nishiki Market and Teramachi Street. There is something bewitching about the Japanese way of displaying food behind the glass. With this kind of display, we were immediately lured inside the restaurant to enjoy a plate of hot and yummy omurice (i.e. fluffy egg omelette upside down served on top of fried rice).
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