At the very first, I flew to Tokyo Narita Airport from Beijing on May 27th, and took the Narita Express to 品川Shinagawa before taking the Shinkansen to Kyoto. The fare was high, but fast enough to get me to Kyoto before sunset. I took the city bus 208 to 泉涌寺道, the bus stop closest to my host family, which is situated in the southeast part of the city. With my house mate, Yingxue Wang "Yuki", we live in a two floor house separated from the family's main house; we have our own dining room, living room, bathroom, bedrooms. It is a great space.
After breakfast with our host mom (around age 70) — other family members are dad ( around 70) and two daughters (around 40) — we set out for Kyoto Train Station. At the station, we bought monthly bus pass (9240 yen/person), which is important for commuting within Kyoto—a single ride is already 230 yen. Then off we go for fun!
At 武道センター, we will be learning 合気道here:)
wish cards at 護王神社
護王神社, you can see this praying settings in every shrine.
先斗町, a very pretty alley way where you can see traditional Japanese women walking around:P
Me and Yuki at 八坂神社, right across from 祇園。
八坂神社, prefect color of pictures, isn't it?
An ordinary but exquisite restaurant; you can see this kind of lovely places everywhere!
壬生寺, with friends from KCJS. Our plan was to walk from this Tera all the way to 二条城。
Just another pretty little shrine on the way. Clean, green, quite, and peaceful.
We would walk the whole street to search for a 抹茶 ice cream; this one here is just perfect. Kyoto is a crazy city full of 抹茶, in all 形 you can think of: cake, drinks, cookies, sweets...
神泉苑.
二条城，the 17th century palace. The inside was huge and extremely clean.
Garden of the palace, imagine walking here in beautiful beautiful kimono? :D
Well, seems like my blog is a travel guidance. But Kyoto is so much more than this. Food, people, school will be my subjects soon. For now, do my readings and off to school tomorrow :)
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