Day 1 -
- Arrive at KIX ->
- Limited Express Haruka ->
- Kyoto ->
- drop luggage at hotel ->
- Find food at Kyoto Station Building
- (from here onward, unplanned) AVANTI’s animate to pick up March’s Earth Star ->
- Yodobashi Kyoto ->
- Higashi Honganji ->
- Nishi Honganji ->
- find lunch (Mcdonalds)
- check in at hotel ->
- find dinner ->
- end of day.
Loot -
- COMIC Earth Star April Issue
- Komatsu Mikako's THEE Futures
- Hanazawa Kana's claire
- 2nd and 4th light novel volumes of Hyouka
Day 1 was tiring, having not slept for more than 24hours. Still managed to keep my brain working though and visited a bunch of places.
Summary of places visited -
- Yodobashi Kyoto
- Higashi Honganji
- Nishi Honganji
For lazy people: skip to the pictures.
It felt like a long walk from Higashi Honganji to Nishi Honganji, I was wondering how I'm gonna walk to places the next few days.
First up was crossing over to the hotel from the station.
Kyoto Station Building seen from the Kyoto Tower side
Good thing the hotel I'll be staying at is just across the station, next to Kyoto Tower. Feels like K-ON/Seitokai Yakuindomo.
After dropping off the luggages at the hotel, it was time for some lunch. Back to station building to find some food.
Kyoto Tower
Above shot is from the front of Kyoto Station Building. You can see the hotel at the bottom left .
Interior of Kyoto Station Building, roof.
After getting some food, which comprised of Onigiri and some water, it was time to check out places nearby. First up, Yodobashi Kyoto.
Yodobashi Kyoto was great. Awesome selection of camera equipment, you can test the lenses there unsupervised. There's a lot of headphones for testing too, from low end to high end ones, I probably spent the most time here testing headphones. Conclusion from headphones testing: open-back headphones sounds great. Yodobashi Camera is a fabulous place for camera and audio people.
After Yodobashi, is AVANTI. I needed to get the April issue of COMIC Earth Star before it gets sold out. Avanti's Animate had 3 in stock so I got one, should've gotten 2.
Its time for some historical places, and Nishi and Higashi Honganji are “within” walking distance from the hotel.
Higashi Honganji Exterior Walls
Looking back, Karasuma shichijo.
Karasuma shichijo
One of the entrances to Higashi Honganji
Roof of the gate
The sun was strong that day, and the following days as well.
Water here
Kyoto Tower visible from Higashi Honganji
Parts of Higashi Honganji was undergoing restoration/renovation.
Half-half
Kyoto Tower again, from Higashi Honganji
Random sidegate in Higashi Honganji
No Smoking
Cross section of a roof
Section of roof
Founder's Hall Higashi Honganji
The inside was great. Nice, huge and quiet.
Peeking over the wall
The grass is not only greener on the other side, there're flowers too.
Petals are almost all gone
Lots of flowering trees outside.
Its nice and windy outside, temperature was great too.
More flowers
Singapore may be green and stuff, but compared to Kyoto, SG's not even close to being a ‘garden city'.
Another gate of Higashi Honganji
And off to Nishi Honganji. I accidentally walked the long way, but hey, discovered the tons of vending machines with awesome drinks.
Across the street from Nishi Honganji
A hall in Nishi Honganji
A gate at Nishi Honganji
Side view of a hall in Nishi Honganji
Some panoramas. Open the images in a new Tab/Window.
Nishi Honganji
Nishi Honganji
After Nishi Honganji is the long walk back to the hotel/Yodobashi for lunch.
Lunch was Mcdonalds which was located next to Yodobashi Kyoto.
Outside Yodobashi Kyoto
The day's loot to wrap things up.
The day's loot. Excludes books.