Initially we planned to go kyoto to see kinkaku 1st.. we din manage to cover kinkaku as it's far and not on the way yesterday.. but we missed the shinkansen.. so we caught the one to himeji..
Hemeji-jo castle.. we can see it from the shinkansen.. really huge and grand.. it's abt 15-30 min walk to the castle.. we stopped by a mart and bought momo (peach) and roll for brunch.. sat in front of a field and enjoy the castle view.. and ate our brunch.. momo (945 yen) was really juicy and soft.. so yummie.. never had such momo b4.. we are set to get more momo b4 we end our trip here.. we climbed up to the top floor of the main tower.. nice view of the city.. walked around the castle and princess sen's cosmetic tower..
We rushed off quickly to catch the next shinkansen to kyoto.. bought some fishcakes and pancakes.. walked very long to reach kinkaku.. golden pavilion.. very pretty with the reflection on the pond.. i bet it's even more magnificent during autumn/winter.. the walk around is short and there is no view of the kyoto city.. ginkaku is better in terms of view.. walked to ryoan-ji temple and closed by the time we reached.. so we headed back to the train station.. on the way.. we bought more momo (880 yen), apple (498 yen) and water melon slices (398 yen)..
We had hakata ramen at ramen street (10th floor) in the JR building.. mine was nicer (1050 yen) while hubby's was oily (1000 yen).. den we went to isetan's basement to get our favorite cakes.. cream puff (210 yen) and strawberry cake (525 yen) from henri charpentier..
Extremely exhausted and muscles ache after 3 days of walking.. we had early nite to recharge for the hiroshima and miyajima trip.. a nite at a ryokan (jukeiso inn featured in japan hour)..
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