Gion

We headed out towards the Gion district, one of Kyoto’s most popular areas. Our first stop was the Kiyomizu-dera shrine. After spending some time there, we walked along the bustling streets of Gion, lined with places to eat and shop. We tried some Matcha tea and tried some Japanese sweets. We also saw Matcha latte being expertly prepared by hand. Our next stop was the Maruyama Park and the Yasaka shrine. Both moms were a bit tired at this point so I stayed with them and we rested while the rest of the group went inside the park to see the Yasaka shrine, which they said was impressive, especially the lights. The Sakura was non-existent, mostly because of the weather - the rain had dropped the temperature and the flowers had not bloomed yet. Divya and Nishant wanted some fresh juice. As they went to a street vendor requesting ‘Orange juice’ it was indeed amusing to see the vendor blend the juice inside 1 orange, dip a straw and hand them an orange juice.

We finally went for some dinner to a nice Udon/Ramen place to end the very long day.もっと詳しく