Oleh kerana ada rezeki lebih, jadi rasenye tak salah la kalau nak pergi jauh sikit.
At first, the plan to experience shinkansen (bullet train) was only for a short trip.
Tu sebab mula2 takde budget :)
Alhamdulillah ada rezeki lebih, so boleh amik shinkansen pergi jauh sket.
Lepas diskas dengan Jannah, dia kata pergi Kyoto ok jugak.
Naik shinkansen dalam 2hrs, so dah cukup lama :D
Jannah pernah duduk kt Kyoto for quite sometimes, dan dia kata Kyoto sangat cantik.
Excited giler sebenarnya, tapi ade jugak rasa risau sikit, sebab nak pergi sorang.
Alhamdulillah, selamat pergi dan balik :p Takdelah sesat2 salah naik train ke, salah bas ke.
Cuma ade masalah sikit dgn tiket train untuk return. Pergi dekat kaunter, cakap English ala kadar, and then settle :)
Total return ticket for Naruse to Shin-Yokohama and to Kyoto is about 23,000yen.
Kat Kyoto ade ramai tourist, so boleh dikatakan bandar ni tourist-friendly.
Dekat Kyoto station tu, dah ada Tourist Information Centre. So pergi je tanya dia pasal tempat2 menarik. Diorg akan bg map, dan kita boleh beli tiket bas utk satu 1 hari (daily pass) for 500yen.
Murah, sebabnya sekali naik bas, flat rate adalah 200yen. Hari tu naik 4kali, so berbaloi la beli.
Tak payah susah2 save dalam phone or print out map.
Diorg akan bg map free je, dan agak detail jugak map tu.
Shinkansen, Nozomi Super Express.
Saw this.
Kampung gitu.
Video ni, waktu train baru start after brief stop at Nagoya station.
Ada masa rasa telinga rasa bengang, sbb train tu laju and turun bukit kot, tak perasan sangat kadang2. Tapi bila train amik lap sket, terasa la tiba2 je nampak laut lebih daripada langit. Ehmm..paham tak? :p
1st destination: The Golden Pavilion or
Kinkaku-ji.
From Kyoto station to Kinkaku-ji, 40min.
Lunchtime!
Yg pinkish tu, tepung pulut campur dengan bunga sakura :)
The other one, mcm buah melaka je sebenarnya, cuma dia taruk kacang merah kat luar.
2 cucuk kuih: 240yen
Entry ticket: 400yen.
Boleh tgk dari jauh je. Sure waktu autumn lagi cantik :)

Sama konsep macam wishing well, orang baling syiling.
Sepohon sakura. Tinggal satu pokok je yg still ada bunga.
On my way to 2nd temple, The Silver Pavilion or
Ginkaku-ji.
From Kinkaku-ji to Ginkaku-ji, another 40 minutes by bus.
Macam zaman dulu2. Ada nampak couple yg naik ni, siap pakai baju tradisional Jepun :)
Orang yg bawak ni sure gagah giler! :p
Harga tiket masuk: 500yen
Hehe, sebenarnya tak masuk pun temple ni :p, pergi sampai entrance pastu patah balik.
Rasa lapar mengatasi rasa nak tengok temple silver ni.
Bought this fishcake, dengan inti udang dan lagi satu inti cheese.
500yen untuk 2 cucuk fishcake ni.
From Ginkaku-ji to
Kiyomizu-dera, another 40min by bus.
Lepas sampai bus stop, kene daki bukit sambil lalu tepi rumah2 kecik :)
Tgk rumah nenek ni, sliding door mcm citer zaman dulu2 :D
Sambil daki bukit, all the way memang banyak kedai jual souvenirs.
Tak membeli banyak pun dekat Kyoto, sbb cost nak pergi Kyoto naik shinkansen tu pun dah 'membunuh' :p
Kiyomizu-dera ni glamor, even among Japanese. Ramai sgt org waktu ni, sedangkan hari Rabu tau, not even weekend.
Weeping sakura.
Bunga dia kecik sket.
Belakang temple kecik tu sesuai nak solat, tersorok sket.
:)
Kalau time ni sakura tengah banyak, mesti sangat cantik.
Autumn nanti, mesti colorful!
The Otowa Waterfall
is located at the base of Kiyomizudera's main hall. Its waters are
divided into three separate streams, and visitors use cups attached to
long poles to drink from them. Each stream's water is said to have a
different benefit, namely to cause longevity, success at school and a
fortunate love life. However, drinking from all three streams is
considered greedy.
Air bukit ni sangat sejuk. Dekat sinki kat toilet, diorg guna air bukit and the water flows continuously. Basically boleh guna untuk amik wudu' :)
Nampak mat salleh 2 org tu? Thanks to the taller guy who helped me took my ONLY picture in Kyoto :p
^_^
Nak mintak orang Jepun amikkan gambar, tak confident je :) Mat salleh senang sket.
Monk
Plan asal, lepas Kiyomizu-dera, nak pergi
Gion.
Tapi keluar je dah pukul 5.30 lebih, and to get to Kyoto station will take about 20min.
So terus naik bas untuk balik.
Sampai Kyoto station, baru ade rasa nak amik gambar around the station.
Waktu dalam bas, ada ternampak 5 orang perempuan, around my age tgh berjalan2 depan Kyoto National Museum (huhu, tak sempat nk masuk dah). Dari jauh mmg boleh nampak yg diorg adalah Malaysian :)
Gambar kat atas ni, ade lelaki Malaysian jugak. Ade gaya2 Melayu Malaysia disitu :p
*Jalan laju2*
Malas nak terserempak org Melayu hari ni, sbb sorang2 :p hehe
Part of the ticket. System nak pakai shinkansen dgn JR line mcm pelik. Memang confuse, and of course la ade bunyi alarm waktu nk lalu 'boom-gate' lrt tu sbb salah cucuk tiket. Tapi xpe, org LRT tu ok je :)
zoooOooOMmmmm....