3 Days in Kyoto!!!!!!!!-Izzy

3 Days in Kyoto!! By Izzy August 9,10,11 2017

Wednesday, August 9 (Koko's Birthday)

Today we took the Shinkansen to Kyoto from Hiroshima. Haruna, Rumi, and Souri went with us to the train station and we said goodbye to them. We took two bullet trains, one for 1 hour 30 min., and the second one for 15 min. When we got to Kyoto, Mitsuko-san (Yuji's cousin) picked us up and we took the bus back to Yuji's condo. Mitsuko-san gave me and Cia origami paper that had some instructions, so Cia and I made some origami while the parents relaxed. The condo is very nice and I am happy that we are staying in it.

Then we walked around Kyoto and looked in some stores. We had ramen at a place with stalls. I sat with my family and the Vegas sat across from us in the opposite room. We could see each other through the kitchen because there was a little window where they give you your food. You have dividers on the counter and when you get your food, they put down a little curtain for the window. The ramen was delicious and I loved the broth. We walked around and looked in some shops. We also went to a arcade, but the only game was a drumming game. The rest of the games were claw games. We stopped at seven-eleven to get some dessert and other stuff. We were in the same area all three days so we went to the same seven eleven every day. We took the bus home and I took a shower and soaked in the tub. 

Thursday, August 10

Today we went to the Fushimi Inari Shrine. The shrine is famous for all of its Tori-i, which means gates. We took the bus to the shrine, then started walking up the mountain. I couldn't believe that there were over 10,000 gates at the shrine!!! Inari is the god of success in business so every gate was donated by a Japanese business. We climbed to the top of mt. Inari and got shaved ice. Cia, V, and I got lemon and Ethan got Hawaiian which tastes like ramune. We also took the bus to the International Manga Museum. To me, the museum was more of  a library because they had so many different manga for you to read. For dinner, we went to Chao Chao Gyoza. Their Gyoza was sooooooooooooo oishii! We tried many different types and it was raining when we got outside!

Friday, August 11

Today is our third day in Kyoto! In the morning we took the bus to Arashiyama. We walked to the top of monkey mountain. Almost at the top, there is a playground that you can play on. There are swings, teeter-totters, a small zip line, and a very long slide. You have to walk up the stairs to the top to get to the top of the slide. I would get some speed, then my shorts would ride up and I would get stuck at the middle of the slide. I loved the zip line and we also didn't know that you can feed the monkeys!!! At the top of the mountain, you can go into a room and buy a bag of peanuts, bananas, or apples for 100 yen. You put the fruit or peanut in the palm of your hand and the monkeys are hanging on a fence  that they put their arm through to grab the food from your palm. We got a few bags of peanuts and bananas. We saw one baby monkey that was on the back of it's mama. We were all suprised at the way that the monkeys could peel the bananas and crack the peanuts. When we were walking down the mountain, it started to pour! I got pretty wet, but Ethan and Cia got drenched!!!! I got a monkey sticker for my water bottle. We walked to a small train station and got lunch there. We got some karage, yakitori, and takoyaki. Next, we took a walk through the bamboo grove. We went to Nishiki market to try many different foods. We had ramen for dinner again and then we took the bus home to the condo.