Neko's Wanderland ☆〜（ゝ。∂）: Day 3 - Nishiki Market, Kiyomizu Temple, Gion

i tht we need to reach early since we are visiting a market... so we reach there early in the morning...

but not all stores are open yet

so we went First Kitchen for brunch

and went back to Nishiki Market 錦市場 around 9am +

many food and kitchen-related stuff

chopsticks and chopsticks stand

This is one of the must-try in Nishiki market as recommend in many blogs.

Tofu Ice cream

Tofu Doughnuts

Yum yum! and it taste just like pure tofu!

other stuffs that is sold in the market

eels

takoyaki

octopus

pickles

seafoods

very ex strawberries, see the price? 12,000 yen around 180SGD! should be very very high grade!!

grilled mochi for free sampling

pickles for sampling too

everything is beautiful, even their beans!

fancy sweets

interesting flowers which is made of fish paste, can be put on hot soup

wagashi, traditional japanese sweets that they like when drinking tea

egg in the head of octopus?

there's a shrine too~

mochi~

Took a bus to Kiyomizu, this is the 2nd time im visiting and is one of my favourite place in kyoto.

the admission tix

the picture on the admission will be different according to seasons

Jishu Shrine

dedicated for love

japanese girls love wearing yukata to shrine.. even on rainy days!

you can also draw your love fortune at 200yen each~

the very famous sight of kiyomizu which is also printed on many many travel brochures

the sakura had not bloom yet, or else it will be like the scene on the admission tix

but no worries, there are still other flowers~

it had been drizzling all this while... =(

low temperature + rain = extreme cold!

so we decide to have our lunch at the little stall just before we exit the temple.

love the traditional sitting... but we have to remove your shoes if you are sitting inside

we ordered a hot tofu soup~ felt so comfortable to have a hot dish on a cold cold day~

and definitely i must ordered MATCHA!!! my fave~!

as mentioned in my previous trip.. i fell in love with matcha and it is also a Kyoto specialty~

other dishes that we ordered.

Otowa Waterfall

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

after we left the temple, we shopped around the street down before going to the bus stop...

there are also unique shop open by locals...

one of the shops which i want to recommend is this

JI ZU DOU

this shop is all about cute little monks that the scrupltor makes...

you wont miss this shop as it is located at the street leading to kiyomizu

you can find out more from their webbie

http://www.jizudou.jp

totally impressed by his craft!

Next up: Gion

The place where you can catch a glimpse of the real geisha. I arrived too late during my previous trip, it was all dark~ this time... i guess im too early ~

Hanami-koji

a street which housed many ochaya, which hired geisha to entertain....costing up to few hundreds SGD per meal~

many historic ochaya... another scene in memoirs of the geisha

other than hanami-koji, theres traditional craft and food shopping around Gion

fabric printing~

playing around at the shop...

there's another outlet selling chiri-men stuff

almost wanted to buy this... its so cute... around 3000 yen..

after much consideration decide to give it a miss~

other cuties made using chiri-men fabric

had our dinner at around 8pm..

went back to the same old restaurant as my previous trip as it is located just next to the bus stop.. super easily to rem!

traditional setting inside...

and here our food!!

Oishi~!

It's our last night here and we plan to visit the kyoto tower as we had complimentry tix given by the hotel.

Kyoto Tower

night view~ the light at the far end is actually kiyomizu!

unloading back at our hotel room....

due to the rain... the paper bag are wrapped up nicely using another transparent plastic bag~ as not to damage the original bag... super sweet of them!

My Jill Stuart Blusher 4725yen and samples