Kyoto is definitely on our top 3 list of favorite cities in Japan. Every corner of the street is just SO AESTHETIC. In this video, we’ll take you to the top visited places in Kyoto to show you why people say this is the most charming city in Japan.
One crazy thing that we did not plan to do is to visit Nara’s Deer Park IN THE DARK. We were about to give up since we couldn’t find the deer crackers, but it turns out luck was in our favor.
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0:00 – 0:48 Intro
0:49 – 2:50 Osaka to Kyoto
2:51 – 4:06 Kyoto Station
4:07 – 5:42 Check in to our hotel
5:43 – 11:12 Nishiki Market
11:13 – 13:02 Gion District
13:03 – 14:03 Dinner
14:04 – 20:44 Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
20:45 – 24:10 Fushimi Inari
24:11 – 31:22 Nara at night
31:23 – 32:58 Kiyomizu-dera
32:59 – 36:18 The most beautiful street in Kyoto
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Welcome to one of the oldest cities in Japan a city where you can immerse yourself in the traditional atmosphere of the country from its aesthetic traditional architecture to Old markets that will serve you the most delicious and authentic Japanese Cuisine then head on to the world famous temples and of
Course the enchanting bamboo forest this is kioto and you probably expect that a trip to Kyoto wouldn’t be complete without a day trip to Nara to meet the most polite deer that will bow for for food but unlike most people we visited Nara in the dark before we start I want
To say thank you for watching my videos it’s both a blessing and a dream to give you a glimpse of Asia Through My Lens so don’t forget to subscribe for more travels now let’s go to Kyoto good morning again from Japan it’s day four and today we are going to Kyoto our train is at 11:20 we have 1 hour to get to the station hopefully we don’t get lost because I don’t want to miss the Train we are a bit lost in Osaka station because it’s huge guys but thankfully there’s an information station we only have 10 minutes left the person in the counter opens up like a book like a Bible or something and even she was confused where we were a little bit
Panicking look it’s shrimp cutlet and tartar sauce this looks amazing we miss our train right in front of us yeah because we’re not sure is it the right train or not yeah and we yeah it’s weird because it’s our first time here but it’s okay thankfully we have the G pass
Yes so we can take any other trains here so now we are waiting for the next train at 11:38 which is 4 minutes 4 minutes from now it’s not really easy to travel in Japan yeah especially because they not not all of them can speak English so
They are just using the translator yeah like a device yeah it takes time to ask questions as well but it’s okay we still we still have our Hopes we are in Kyoto now and because we haven’t eat our 7eleven food we’re we’re going to eat in the station if you see something like this those are actually seats so you can sit on them and it’s Public first meal of the day goes to 711 this is so Interesting welcome to Kyoto this is the Kyoto train station it’s really huge and right outside is just the Kyoto Tower so if you you want to walk around there’s plenty of stuff to do Here A we finally checked into our hotel it was a little bit confusing on the right but now we learn so when you bought your gr pass they will give you so many tickets this one is your gr pass this one is the one you used to to tap to get into the
Station and this one is your seat so they will Reserve seeds for you and you use this you give this to the person in charge if they ask for your ticket just to make sure that you’re on the right seat and on the right trade and in case
You miss the reserve seat you don’t need to go out and buy a new ticket you can just hop into another line uh that’s going to your destination and that’s it that’s if you have the gr pass oh a little bit about the hotel that we’re staying in Kyoto this is Oakwood OA
Kyoto it is only 5 minutes away froma MRT it’s quite nice actually I like I really like the style of the hotel it’s very cozy see and it’s not far from the MRK which is for me that’s really important when you’re traveling now we’re just going to settle for a bit and
Then we will continue our journey in Kyoto We just walked into Nishiki market and we saw this tempura store very very attractive guys this it’s golden let’s try we ordered the eel and uh crab meat because we ate enough shrimp let’s try something else which one do you want to try first I want to
Try the Y okay I try Okay Cheers Cheers but it’s huge it’s actually bigger than it looks from the camera yeah and it cost 600 y it’s not cheap not really cheap but delicious M it’s good Let’s try the eel good good is so good it’s 800 Yen for two pieces of eel I don’t think it’s two pieces it’s one pieces it’s one big piece yeah M good Smooth it’s really hard not to buy anything every 100 meter I bought another potato Butter fish cake I don’t know but it looks so good and it tastes recommended so okay it’s hot how much is it 500 50080 580 m is it good it’s Unique yeah
It’s good is it fish cake it’s fish cake there’s potato Inside what is this there’s a test tester tastes like Curry the way they store lure you in is they give you a lot of texures this is rice with topping so Japan is quite famous for its toppings let’s try this M topping is it’s salty is it’s actually sesame seeds and it’s salty they give uh some spicy seasonings as well usually
They will put it in their rice so if you like salty food this is something you have to buy let’s try the crackers again lonardo is salt on first bite so now you know the benefit of giving a tester give a lot of tester stores if
You want if you’re watching she got one customer from they even give you water so after you try everything from there to here can have a drink to cleanse your palette [Applause] We found a cute Cafe guys and there’s this dessert called bka I’ve heard about it so I really wanted to try this will be the last thing that I purchased in the Shiki Market because we’ve been buying too many things we’ve been eating too much let’s try It it’s not too sweet but it’s not soft either interesting Flavor We are now at Keon so gon is an Entertainment District there’s so many food and shops here to be honest guys it looks really really aesthetic it’s very traditional Japanese but it’s so clean and The Pedestrian is is quite big it’s enough for you to walk so we’re going to
See what to eat and uh and look around here now we’re at a famous street called kamami hanamikoji Street they say this street is really popular We walked through Han mikoi street but there’s a sign saying that no photography is allowed so we were confused if we can actually take videos or no h so we so we didn’t but the street was very nice it’s so aesthetic there’s a lot of wooden houses wooden
Stores but the funny thing is all the stores they are separating but the doors are closed so and there’s no much context about what’s inside so we don’t know what’s actually inside if you guys know about the street comment down below because we don’t know what’s going On we are at the Pono Street and everything here is so aesthetic it’s a very small alley full of restaurants It’s dinner time so today we are eating kry the place is called uh I think it’s called Kus Ki and tambura it’s at yon area as well and it’s very interesting the way they present it in this kind of uh plating and the owner um the person here
Mentioned that the car is made from five different spices 20 different spices 20 different spices wow yeah and we ordered the curry with tempura and they also give a uh special kyodo soup in this little teapot it’s super cute so let’s try good morning it’s day two in the
Charming Kyoto today we’re going to visit two of the most visited places in Kyoto which is the world famous Arash bamboo forest and the temple youve probably seen people take pictures on this Temple it’s it’s not a door but it’s it’s so many red red shrines the fushi minari and today thankfully it’s
Not raining like yesterday so I can finally wear the pretty pretty coats oh also it’s not that cold that’s why let’s Go we arrive at non Mia bus stop which is the bus stop that you have to go to when you’re you have to get down to when you’re going to arashiyama Bambu Force but I saw this little cute Cafe so I bought a coffee cuz I’m just really
Really sleepy today I don’t know Why there’s a nice attraction here that’s really really pretty to take pictures but unfortunately it’s closed now for maintenance I think they’re doing some redecorating or something but will be open in early March 2024 so if you’re coming here after that make sure to visit this place show them the
Picture this is what you can expect from here in March it’s probably cherry blossom so it’s probably like this I think it’s it’s Autumn right this one this one oh this yeah this is not Cherry blessing not sure okay but yeah make sure you come here to make the best of
Your aryama trip oh and also uh to get into the bamboo force is free uh you don’t need to pay but inside there’s a Temple that I think you pay 500 yeah 500 yen yeah 500 yen to visit the temple so up to you if you want to
Visit the temple it’s okay but the forest itself is is quite large yeah and it’s very beautiful and you can also see this there’s the river connected yeah from the forest we are now by the river and yeah we’re just walking around and it’s a very nature feeling to come
Here so if you prefer City View maybe this is not the best place cuz there’s nothing much here it’s just nature the Forest River Just outside the arashiyama bambo force there’s the to toet sukio Bridge and it’s really beautiful up here because you’ll get everything thing you’ll get the street view from behind there you’ll get a view of the river and yeah it’s just so relaxing to be here there’s the
Mountain as well I feel like it’s going to be really beautiful during Autumn because you can see all the trees especially when they’re Orange it’s very Nice We’re walking around the Shop’s area there’s plenty of souvenirs to buy here I’m going to try the triangle shaped cake not sure what it is but they have testers so let’s Try this is gooda the Goda flavor so good This is the arama train station and it’s so beautiful there’s a lot of pillars here and I think these are the kimono uh kimono patterns oh there’s a lot of people wearing kimono to take pictures in arama actually not just here is it’s all over Kyoto like the the great spots in Kyoto
There’s so many people they come here they work kimono they take Pictures let’s try the pork sha I saw some people line up it’s just in front of arama station ooh interesting I love love show my I can totally finish all three Myself so it’s done guys for arama Bambu Forest it’s a very beautiful place not so big but outside from it there’s so many sanir snakes Cafe restaurants yeah there’s a lot you can definitely spend half the day there if you uh go into all of the shops yeah but now we are going
To our next destination which is fimi in arine it’s 1 hour from here by train so we’re going to see you there okay let’s Go we are going we’re going to Inari and our train is on the other side so we have to rush if you want to know where the train is stopping you can wait this some train stop for 10 minutes so you just you can just go in and try to read
If it’s stopping at your stop then that’s it we are headed to Inari we are taking the J the Nara line and we’re waiting for the train We are a bit hungry so we went to the convenience store in front of Fushimi Inari and everything looks so good I don’t know why because we hung maybe but look there are this kind of like catsuit sandwiches and so many burgers and sandwich oh my God look at that uh let’s
Try and it’s veryy cheap it’s only 250 Yen oh oh I don’t expect it to be this smooth this is so smooth I think it’s potato is CET yeah I we thought is like chicken chicken yeah okay interesting but they still good though look at our VI Okay so a little story Fushimi Inari is a temple that’s famous for its thousands of Tory gate Tory gate is that filon gate it’s very pretty actually and because of the color it pops so much we’re going to walk in the thousand to get Now so most people will come here and walk inside the Tory gate uh to take pictures I feel like everyone is just taking pictures there yeah yeah but if you want to continue to hike you can go there there’s Mount Inari where we can continue to hike up and do some hiking
But uh I think we are going to the station and we are going to our next destination which is Nara yeah it’s an impromptu uh trip because we didn’t realize we will finish everything this fast yeah uh right now it’s 2 it’s 2:40 yeah it’s 2:40 p.m. and we finished
Bamboo forest and yeah arama bamb forest and now we are finished with fim Inari and we just realized that hey we have GE pass yeah yeah and we can go to the Nara for free why not take advantage of that yeah so let’s go toar that’s yeah that’s
The benefit if you buy gr pass you can do the impromptu because if not it will be another cost for you okay let’s Go We are at Nara have you ever seen the Bowing deer the deer that so polite that will it will first bow before you feed them so that place is at Nara park at Nara we’re going to visit there but first we are going to eat because I’m starving I
Don’t think I don’t think we have proper lunch yet yes yeah so let’s Go we’re walking over to the restaurant it’s nearby Nara Park and look it’s super nice here Nara is supposed to be a small City in Japan but it’s actually super nice even the sidewalk is bigger than the street I don’t know why they really make it for people to uh feel
Comfortable to walk Here so when you eat here you have to make your own sauce there’s the instruction here first you have to Green the sesame seeds and then pour pour in the sauce and then you pour it into your T Katsuya let’s see if Chef Lardo can make it 2 hours later 5 hours later
Oo oo okay approximately 10 hours later still making the sauce so I’m just going to eat btit And here’s still it’s perfect do you guys know how to apply foras sh I think Okay so we came a bit too late and it’s pitch black dark right now we are in the middle of Nar Park and it’s it’s not to late a to it’s just 6 p.m. it’s just 600 p.m. but in winter this it’s totally black it’s totally yeah dark and we
Cannot find any fendor that sell the the deer crackers so we search in Google and find out that there is one fending machine that sell the Nara deer crackers yeah but it’s inside the forest and there’s no lights when there’s no so it’s actually really really scary yeah
It’s in the middle of the park we feels like in the middle of of the forest and for the light we just using our phone our flashlight yeah but we don’t want to flash the deer so we just uh light our ways yeah and let us show you the
Machine here you go this this is the fending machine that sell the N Nar recers is 500 yen I don’t know I think they’re all the same let’s try one and we think this is the only fending machine that sell the deer crackers yeah so if you’re here late at night you can
Try to go to this location uh we’ll we’ll link it down below and uh there’s no entrance fee to the Deer Park and as long as they’re awake you can still feed them of course be careful and prepare your fresh FL if you come here at night yeah try by the N
Crackers it’s what think it’s yeah we got it got it yay okay let’s Go we are back to the park and seems like all the deer has left but we’re going to we’re on a mission to find them I’m bringing one with me Here here how the cracker looks like okay Eat it’s following me no go back I want to feed the others so I want to find out why the deer likes this so much so hopefully it’s chocolate oh this is tast like uh wa huh oh wheat yeah like whe is it safe to eat I don’t know want to try
Just one bite it’s it’s a big bite how it is it good tastes like matcha matcha yeah tast is good That’s all for day two now we’re going back to Kyoto see you Tomorrow good morning it’s our last day in Kyoto so we’re having breakfast right now in our hotel and for our last day we have to visit the famous temple here called K Mis let’s finish our food First almost there the entrance fee of the temple is 400 Yen you can buy your tickets in the locket there so let’s go In so behind me is where you can buy your fortune the prices starts at 100 yen when you purchase one they will give you have to shake the tube and a number will come up then they will give you a paper from the number but everything is
In Japanese so unless you have someone to help you translate it’s probably not the best idea to purchase One if you see behind me people drink the water from the mini waterfall there don’t worry there’s a sterilizer to sterilize the cup but you have to drink with your hands so make sure your hands are clean we are making our way to nen Saka path
Which is an old street right in front of the temple and here is full of food full of shops just like everything in Japan this makes us go broke really easily crazy and also this is pretty aesthetic because there’s one like pagodes one one pagodas just in the middle of the street
Oh really yeah Okay the street is so Gorgeous this is so creepy you have to pay 100 if you want to take pictures so we are paying thank you amazing art love It let’s try the hot to Yaki inside is cheese Sadly our Kyoto journey is coming to an end but let’s review so day one we went to gon Street oh and Nishiki Market oh we ate so much good food there then day two we went on a landmark tour to the bamboo forest then to Fushimi Inari and
We fed the deer in the dark and today we went to the nens Saka nanaka Street and also another Temple yeah it’s been a really great trip to sum it up I feel like Kyoto is a very traditional city you’ll see all the traditional Japanese buildings everywhere so it’s very
Beautiful and now we’re heading to Kyoto station we are going to continue our journey to kanazawa to give you a little sneak peek we’re going to visit one of unesco’s Heritage which is the SI cago it’s going to be beautiful to catch up don’t forget to subscribe and see you in the next
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