Antique markets and arcade winning!

We had planned to head to Kyoto Castle today but in the morning we found out about a market that was being held at a temple so decided to head there. We had hoped there to be some fruit stalls with the prospect of healthy food at a reasonable price but it turned out to be an antiques market instead. They had so many beautiful chinas and crockery that it was such a shame we weren't able to buy some. Seeing as the market was in the car park of a temple we decided to then visit the temple afterwards. Inside we saw the tallest progoda in Japan, you can see a very tiny Nick in the photo of it! The grounds were lovely with a lake that had turtles in and budding cherry blossoms surrounding. After the temple we headed to spend the afternoon at a mall we passed on the way. Daiso is by far our favourite shop. Everything is 100 yen (70p) unless stated otherwise but the things you can buy are such good quality. We mainly use it because we can get bags of peanuts for 70p instead of around £4 in supermarkets. We spent a bit of time in the arcade and played an awful horror zombie 3D game which was way too scary for my liking! We managed to also win a cute little whale on a grab machine which we were super proud of. In the mall they also had a pet store which was a little sad at first as the puppies and kittens were kept in white plastic cages behind glass but we watched for a while and they are cleaned regularly and have toys and each other to play with. We even came back an hour or so later and even though these animals ranged from £2500 to £3500 in price at least 3 had been sold and taken home so that was reassuring to know that hopefully they aren't kept there long. We plan to return towards the end our time here to see if any of the ones we saw still remain.Read more