Day 7: Kiyomizudera + Namba

Hike up to Kiyomizu. There were quite a few cute little shops along the way.

But we didn't have time to shop, had to get there before even more people came. As you can see here, it was packed! Also, we spotted the two Caucasians who were trying to pick up girls at Triangle Park here as well lol.

I like this shot.

Autumn leaves littering the ground.

A tourist wearing a kimono was having a photoshoot there.

Most of the leaves have yet to turn red despite it being mid November. Probably because of the long hot summer Japan experienced previously.

Lighting an incense sticks with a candle. I don't know why there's only one candle here, usually there'll be a few candles in the box.

The main building. Can't believe this place was built without a single nail!

The water here runs from the hills behind. You have to drink from each stream for health, longevity and success in studies. There was a loooooong queue for this so we skipped this.

Went back to visit a little shop that had caught my eye as we hiked up to the temple.

...and bought these. They were so shiny! But expensive, I think they cost nearly S$60.

According to the shop assistant, the flowers are made using shells.

We had intended to go back to Tokyo after this but we had so much fun in Namba the other day so we went back to Osaka again!

Kinryu (Golden Dragon) Ramen.

I think there were only 2 choices on the menu. Ramen with char siew or Ramen with extra char siew. We bought a ticket from the machine and passed it to the waitress when she showed us to our seats. The noodles didn't taste as good as I thought it would but the char siew was very good.

We didn't get to shop as much this time as we had to drag our luggage with us as there were no lockers available due to the APEC meeting in Yokohama.

A most delicious smell greeted us as we walked down Shinsaibashi once again. We followed the smell and found this shop.

Le Croissant Shop! We could smell this from about 2 blocks away. I don't know why everyone was queuing for 40 minutes at the Krispy Kreme nearby when they could have this. Well, there was a queue here earlier but it was gone by the time we returned.

Dragging a fully packed luggage around for a full hour is not easy, we stopped to have a snack at McDonalds.

They have Iced Earl Grey Tea in McDonalds! Why don't we have it here?!

Dotonbori at night. It was quite crowded as it was Sunday.

Soon it was time for us to return to Tokyo.

With our snacks on board the shinkansen.

A sweet potato flavored croissant. We also bought the plain ones. 5 for ¥175! I think it's worth it as it's really good.

An egg tart. Can't remember the name of the shop, but it is near the entrance of Dotonbori, near Kani Doraku. There was a long queue for it in the afternoon but there was no one when I went at 5pm.

We had a small nap on the shinkansen. It was quite good for a nap cos the seats allow you to recline quite a bit.

Day 8