KYOTO Travel Itinerary 2024 🇯🇵 | NARA Park 🦌| Japan Travel Vlog

Explore the rich cultural wonders of Kyoto and Nara Park with us in this Japan vlog! Spend two days in Kyoto, discovering the best sights and activities, including iconic torii gates at Fushimi Inari, the breathtaking Kiyomizu-Dera temple, and the serene Arashiyama Bamboo Forest.

Indulge in Kyoto’s diverse food scene, from savory soba noodles and takoyaki to fire ramen and castella cake.

Then, venture to Nara Park to meet the friendly bowing deer and marvel at one of the world’s largest wooden temples.

Don’t miss the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the stunning Golden Pavilion, and the picturesque Togetsukyo Bridge.

Get ready to plan an unforgettable journey through these ancient Japanese treasures with this Kyoto Travel itinerary!

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0:00 Intro to Kyoto Japan
0:44 Kyoto Sightseeing Pass
2:51 Fushimi Inari Gates
6:39 Higashiyama Ward
7:05 Kiyomizu-Dera
8:10 Ninenzaka
9:17 Menbaka Fire Ramen
9:52 Kintetsu Rail Pass
10:26 Nara Park
12:38 Todai-Ji
13:52 Hotel Tavinos
14:48 Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
15:55 Katsura River
16:33 Togetsukyo Bridge
16:58 Otagi Nenbutsu Ji Temple
18:29 Favorite Part of Japan
19:11 Seiryo-ji Temple
19:44 Castella Cake
20:14 Ain Soph Vegan Restaurant
20:50 Nishiki Market
21:45 Kinkaku-ji Temple Kyoto
22:40 Kyoto Tea Ceremony

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What’s up explorers welcome back to our Channel we’re the choose here from choose to explore where we teach you guys how to see world and save it all so right now we’re in Osaka but we’re about to head to Kyoto so we’re actually spending 2 Days in Kyoto and we’re going

To show you the best things to do and see in Koto affordably so stay tuned you don’t want to miss this one so in order to get from Osaka to Kyoto we actually booked the kiyoto to Osaka sightseing pass and it was $6 for the one-day pass and that includes all transportation and

Entrance to a lot of attractions in kiyoto and Osaka so it’s about a 1hour ride on the keihan railway so let’s go so it was a beautiful Scenic sunrise on the train and we are here in Kyoto now and first impressions as soon as we walked up is

This place is beautiful it’s super naturesque it’s feels like it’s old Japan like all of these buildings are older it looks like what I think Japan look like and it’s not like big cities exactly I’m really loving it so far all right so quick walk to Hotel tavinos about 105 15 minutes is

Beautiful views coming down and this hotel is beautiful it’s like a manga design it has all these cool amenities and it was only $54 a night here um so overall we couldn’t even check in right now cuz our uh check-in time is around 4:00 but we were able to drop our bags

It has 24-hour bag drop and they have free breakfast coffee and croissant so good let’s head on out for the day and right from our hotel it was about 15 16 minute ride over and we are here the Fushimi Inari Gates which are the ICONic Japanese jaese orange Tor Gates we just

Pulled up and we just saw that there’s a shrine with beautiful orange buildings it’s beautiful here already all right so we made it here it’s like 8:00 there are a good amount of people here but we’re walking and I’m honestly Blown Away by the amount of

Tory Gates that are here I knew that there would be a ton of them but they’re literally right next to each other and they’re so big they’re so tall they’re super cool just to see in person here so one thing that also is amazing keep walking it is a little tiring right

Li yes it is I’m out of breath but there’s great viewpoints look right behind us there’s a beautiful view of the whole city of Kyoto and I made it all the way to the top and once again it’s another Shrine it’s pretty but uh 233 M up that last bit I

Ran up I’m a little winded but good views I wouldn’t say it’s worth it to go all the way to the end come here take your pictures see it and go back down now all right it kind of reminds me of the big columns in Egypt in like car Temple

Or in luxer because every single piece of it is covered with some kind of words inscriptions like how they are with hieroglyphics on the side so beautiful so it’s 10:00 now big difference from when you first got here at 8:00 and that still might have been

Too late definitely so there’s a lot of people who say it doesn’t matter what time you get to these Gates just keep walking keep going and you’ll be able to get your photo but honestly there’s always going to be people and it would be a lot more enjoyable if you just come

Really early When there’s less people take your time walking through enjoy it and take your pictures at your leisure not just rushing to take your pictures when there’s nobody right behind you so come before 8:00 a.m. so as soon as you walk out of fushi anari there’s a lot of different vendors

Where you can buy different foods so come and try some of the Local Foods I got the strawberry da fuku with the strawberry and it’s pretty good I like it it’s a little chewy like a Gummy Bear kind of but lots of flavor and it has

Red bean paste right tell me about that red bean it’s it’s all right it’s all right I got these candy strawberries cuz I’ve been seeing everybody eating them all around and it’s good it’s very sweet um the Candi part is kind of like hard and um it will definitely get stuck in

Your teeth it’s getting kind of stuck in my teeth but it’s really really sweet so one thing that’s really cool and interesting here about Kyoto is there’s a lot of places where you can rent kimonos it’s beautiful here guys so we’re walking uphill now and let me

Just say there are so many people out here it’s a beautiful day now the sun is out so it is getting hot I’m very happy that I took my jacket off Liv had to take hers off so we walked up to the top and we’re

Here at kium Mizu Dera and the walk up here listen it’s crowded there’s a lot of people and there’s a lot of shops here to buy souvenirs and things so it’s a beautiful place to come try foods and see a lot of people but when you go up

To the top there’s so many beautiful orange buildings and I don’t know if Kyoto loves orange but this is orange just like fishu Inari Gates and they’re so big but it’s not just the big size of the temples that is beautiful you literally turn around and you have the

Most beautiful view of Kyoto and it’s also a forest to the side and mountains to the back and it’s like nature and and City are meeting all in one spot this is a great place to see all the views this is also a place to watch Koto during the

Sunset cuz it’s beautiful to see kyota lit up and see it at night so we’re on inaka and we stopped at a restaurant called yukia they have really good handmade SAA noodles and it was my first time really having that it’s like a buck week noodle you can get

It cold or hot I got mine hot and I also got some Veggie tempora on the side and it was really good I definitely recommend you try it and check it out so right here in N zaka you have a super cool and unique Starbucks it’s like a traditional Japanese house where

It’s wooden and has a lot of Japanese stock furniture and buildings and it’s a Starbucks yes so there’s a lot of people inside it’s very popular but but if you do get a seat it’s literally on the floor like a traditional Japanese um setting and it’s really cool I just got

A nice caramel macchiato and I’m ready to go Liv and I just got here at mbaka fire Ramen and it’s called fire Ramen for a reason because the we ordered the ramen and it literally lights on fire right in front of us guys if you come here sure

To wash your eyebrows your mustaches and your chin Ladies as well um so Li got the vegetarian ramen and I got the pork Ramen and I thought it was just here for the show but honestly the ramen was really good so lots of flavor here I highly recommend to come and get that

Fire so actually today we got a little bit ambitious and we’re going to head to Nara which is maybe about 45 minutes to an hour from Kyoto it’s another City and it’s supposed to have some really unique experiences so stay tuned we’re going to

Go to Nara so in order to go to Nara we bought the ketsu pass which was1 15,000 Yen which is more or less $10 which will save us a lot of money round trip to go to Naro one way and back so after about 40 minutes we made

It to Nar Park it’s about 4:00 p.m. and we’re here and look the deer are trying to cross the street as we speak it’s so crazy but everybody’s respectful everybody’s letting them cross you know in New York they would have definitely hit them here we’re here in Nara I got my

Biscuits I paid 200 yen in order to get them now let’s go and feed the deer let’s hope they bow at me these are some respectful de okay okay good so I’m going to give you guys a tip about feeding these deer you’re going to

Get a whole packet for 200 yen to feed them but you shouldn’t have that whole packet of biscuits out at the same time just have one at a time because then they’re going to keep Bing you and then they’re going to keep following you along and then they’re going to be

Nagging you just need to show them one at a time so if you look here it’s a green light it says don’t walk but they don’t follow the rules look they’re doing their own thing this is jaywalking this is Jay walking look at this that’s against the rules that is illegal

I’m not going to lie I’ve never heard a deer make any noise but the noise that these deers are making are crazy it’s honestly crazy cuz they have no fear of humans like they are just integrated in society at this point so right behind us is taji which is one

Of the largest wooden temples in the world and it’s really large and really impressive and I’m so happy that we came down here to see it it actually has one of the biggest Buddhas in the world that’s made out of bronze it’s over 15 M

Tall but you got to pay to get it tickets so we’re not going to go cuz we don’t have much time to really explore inside so I got this cracker I want to give it to live cuz I want live to feed them I’m not going to feed him feed him

I will not you have to feed him take it live the dare’s going to see you with the cracker look look he’s coming he’s coming for you live live where you going all right in the sun just set we had an amazing time with Nara I mean at

Least I did we got to feed the deer we got to see the beautiful wooden statues and monuments and just had a good time yes Nara is very beautiful very naturesque very cool place to be if you’re into seeing a lot of deer but for

Me I don’t think I could live here cool to visit though and last night we ended up staying at hotel tavino and we got this place I think $52 a night it’s a beautiful place it’s manga themed and it’s Unique hot showers highly recommend this and even has a beautiful view that

You can come turn up and turn down so now we’re up it’s a good morning to get the day started bright and early so let’s go all right so we just took the bus the number 11 which took us all the way here to the rashim myu bamboo forest and it’s

Beautiful there is so much bamboo it’s so tall and there so many of them it’s super interesting to see here so let’s go and let’s explore so we got here around 7:30 and there was a good amount of people here already but there was enough space where

You could come and take amazing photos pretty much isolated from everyone else but we’re here leaving now about an hour later and there’s a lot more people the sun is shining now um it is a little chilly right now but it’s beautiful for sure yeah I’m really loving it here cuz

Of the tall bamboo it feels really peaceful to just look at it and look all around and be surrounded by it super Serene Vibes here so now we’re leaving the Bamboo Grove and we’re walking through the arashiyama park and it’s a really pretty big green space so walking towards the

Water where we could hopefully see the river and see an iconic Bridge so let’s go let’s see so the walk from the park along the riverfront is amazing it’s such a beautiful walk where you could really get to see the hair the river and also see all of the Fall Foliage it

Also has a beautiful view of the togetu Q Bridge which is supposed to be one of the most iconic bridges in Japan I’m not sure why it’s so iconic but it’s cool to see the people and see everybody taking pictures so come and do that as well

So we just made it to the otagi temple which is a super unique Temple here in Kyoto number one is because it’s been destroyed and rebuilt so many times due to natural disasters like typhoon secondly it’s about 1,200 statues here of heads of different followers of Buddha so some are looking more happy

Some are looking like they’re deep and serious prayer some of them have um things with them that look like different hobbies that they pray take in so it’s a very unique area I’ve had a lot of bad days but never like this one right here my man had a rough outing

So Taki Temple is actually on top of a hill in order to get back to the town we’re having a nice beautiful Scenic walk back down and we actually passed the Arts and Crafts college and when you’re going down here you see a lot of people stopping drawing the different

Buildings and yeah so it’s beautiful to see so far we’ve been to Tokyo we’ve been to Osaka we’ve been to Nara and now we’re in Kyoto and Kyoto is my favorite region my favorite too for sure it’s just like it’s authentic you see old Styles you see the architecture this to

Me is what Japan I’ve always dreamt about is it’s quiet here it’s Serene this is a place that I could see myself coming back to over and over again and I feel like I could live here I love living in New York but I would definitely come back and visit here over

And over cuz you just feel the Sunshine hit you you see all the beautiful Greenery you just hear the birds chirping and it’s very peaceful and Serene really nice so we are starving we got to get something to eat we stopped by siroi Temple and it’s is a nice beautiful

Temple but live God some to ice cream yes I really liked it it was very light and very it was also really sweet the one that I got so I recommend coming there and trying it out on your walk through kotel and on our way to the market we

Stopped cuz we saw this super cool fluffy sponge cake kind of thing called made out of castella dough called fwn P pie it’s a nice jiggly like pound cake so we got this one one it was around 800 Yen for the brown sugar one lots of flavor sweet kind of spongy sof really

Cool interesting dessert it’s really Airy and it’s sweet and it’s very light so you don’t feel bad if you eat the whole thing so we’re right here in the guon district and we just ate at a really good vegan restaurant called Ansa so I actually ended up getting the mushroom

Rice and it was so delicious so flavorful and I also got a cream soda and it was raspberry and it was probably my favorite cream soda I’ve had they do a lot of cream soda here in Japan and this one has been the best one that I’ve

Had so far I decided to save my appetite leave the vegan stuff alone and we’re heading to the Nishiki Market next so let’s go get some real food now our next stop here is in the Shiki market and it is a lot of people here during this time it closes at 6:00 p.m.

So be sure to get here earlier than that but they have a lot of different street vendors a lot of Local Foods um I first started by getting eel with soy sauce and it was phenomenal nice savory lots of food there lots of flavor and then

After that I stopped and I saw a long line for Takaki which is traditional to Osaka region so I had to get it it was super cheap it was like 280 Yen and it was six balls it’s like um octopus on the inside and I didn’t think I would

Like it cuz I was mad I was going to get about six but honestly lot of flavor I highly recommend trying it the octopus is really good so our next stop is Kaku G Temple right here in Kyoto and we’re here right before golden hour and and it makes

Sense to be at Golden hour at a golden temple yes it only costs 500 yen per person to get it it’s super Zen here there’s a beautiful gold Pavilion in the center and there’s a lot of water surrounding it and Greenery and it’s very peaceful and Serene there’s a lot

Of people here but it still feels very peaceful here cuz it’s so beautiful what I love about it is it’s two floors completely covered in pure gold leaf it’s a UNESCO world heritage sitze but I wonder how much is this place worth go ahead so they said if this goes in it’s

Good luck success for the family yeah so after the temple we went up the street to Coto tea ceremony and this is a really great and authentic experience so pretty much you go in and they lay out the the traditions for making matcha and you get to taste it matcha and it

Was a very interesting experience uh the matcha is definitely bitter but for the tea ceremonies they use a higher quality that’s sweeter than any other matcha so I really enjoyed it it was a really great mindful experience and got to learn a lot about the culture and their whole process for making the

Matcha teas I thought it was a super cool experience but matcha and me ain’t a good mix cuz the matcha was while it was cool to learn about the experience I don’t think MCH is good I think it’s a good experience for you guys to try if you guys are here in

Kyoto just to see how they’ve been doing this for hundreds of years yes all right and we just took the train from Koto back to Osaka for the second time we have one more full day and we are about to explore Universal Studios Japan see the one and only Super

Nintendo World so thank you guys so much we had such an amazing time in Kyoto and Nar we did so much and we got a lot more in store so please be sure to like comment and subscribe we’ll see you guys on the next one ah