Day 6: Kyoto – Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner.
Food on Day 6 was pretty much all on opportunity. Apart from a general idea that we’d like to try out the fourth ‘must try’ dining place – a sushi conveyor belt eatery – on Ling’s list, we were all
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Day 5: Kyoto – Harvest Natural Foods Buffet
We left Nara City at about 2:30 PM, and took a Limited Express train back to Kyoto. Earlier on our first evening in Kyoto, we spotted an interesting looking natural food buffet, so decided to do the very Singaporean thing
Day 5: Nara – Deer Park & Todai-ji
Nara is the one-time capital of Japan 1,300 years ago, and is a must-see and visit site for Buddhists. In the initial planning for this trip, I’d scheduled a two day one night stay in this city, but upon finding
Day 4: Kyoto – Takaraya Ramen Pontocho (宝屋ラーメン)
So if it is made in Japan, it must be good no? Even in Japan, you can get crappy food. I had a below average vending machine coffee and ramen in ajinomoto-saturated soup. In hope to taste good ramen while
Day 4: Kyoto – Gion Kinana (祇園きなな)
I absolutely have to hand it to Ling for having done thorough research for us to check out the more special dining places during our stay in Kyoto. We checked out the second and third (of four) of her ‘must
Day 4: Kyoto – Holly’s Cafe
I was just remarking to Ling that in typical days back at home in Singapore, we’d never eat so much nor so often as what we’re doing now on vacation! I can so understand why our Missouri bud does what
Day 3: Kyoto – Katsukura
Just to get some satisfaction of having eaten really good Japanese food, I did a little research on the Trip Advisor to gather some recommendations for food hounds in Kyoto. Katsukura restaurant was highly rated for its tonkatsu. And what
Day 3: Kyoto – Lunch at Nishinotoin
Come to think of it, it’s actually pretty fun to travel to a relatively more expensive country like Japan but on a budget. It forces the both of us to really explore the cities a lot more thoroughly to see
Day 3: Kobe through Osaka to Kyoto
Day 3 was when we said goodbye to Kobe and made the move to Kyoto, the real highlight of our 10.5 day trip to Western Honshu. We had to time our check-ins and travel time carefully though to make sure
Day 2: Kobe – Meriken Park & Harborland
The afternoon segment of Day 2! We were already pretty deadbeat by the time we ended our morning jaunt up Mt. Maya. Ling was interested in trying out the local versions of Yoshinoya, so we ducked in one such outlet
Day 1: Kobe – Sannomiya Station
Sannomiya Station is one of the main hubs of activity in Kobe, which sort of made our choice for scouting dinner locations pretty easy. Numerous, numerous eateries and restaurants to suit every budget, though much of the cuisine offered seemed
Day 1: Kobe – Chisun Hotel Kobe
All the reviews we’d read of Japanese hotels pointed out to the relatively compact sizes of the rooms for most hotels short of the five star ones. So, at some level, we weren’t too surprised when we checked-in to find
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