First day there was finding out that Kyoto likes buses and does not like large luggage on buses. We'll get back to that in a bit.

We also accidentally missed our train, but we will not talk about that cuz there is like a new one every fifteen minutes. >>

Sara and I went to a Fullmetal Alchemist pop up cafe and I'm sorry to say that it was kinda disappointing. Similar to the MHA Cafe, the looks weren't very elaborate and the food was okay. Pics!

Then it was wandering around Karakawa a bit (Sara found out that she doesn't enjoy cold soba).

Then it was back to our capsule hotel where I ate the pack of strawberries I bought in Tokyo. Fun fact! We chose this hotel solely cuz of the fact that it was named The Millennials.

Would recommend both things. The hotel's nice if one travels relatively light and just wants a place to sleep and get refreshed at. Strawberries are just nice in general. Yes I ate that whole pack myself.

May 30 was packed with tourist attraction things, including traps cuz frick it. Went to Fushimi Inari, went to a wagashi class/tea ceremony thing in kimono, went to a bunny shrine, and then moved our asses to the ryokan we were staying at that night cuz I was going to have a kaiseki dinner there. Lots of stuff happening

Fushimi Inari!

It should be a requirement to eat inarizushi when near the shrine. Also, gotta pet the good boy/girl.

Next was wandering to Maikoya, a tourist trap that we willingly fell into, cuz it allowed us to rent a kimono set and make wagashi (Japanese tea sweets) along with learning about tea ceremonies. We had fun! Also we looked cute af.

Quiz time! Why do you think Sara chose that particular kimono? Hint: What does the coloring and pattern remind me of?

If you thought "Arizona green tea can," give yourself a cookie cuz that's 100% why she chose it. She was wavering between two choices, I commented that it looked like A Certain Can, and you could basically see the moment she locked onto her choice.

She even showed a picture of the can to one of the nice ladies helping us into the kimonos and asked her which obi color would best match that.

Anyway after the lessons and mini photoshoot, we went to the bunny shrine cuz it's Sara. This was a smaller shrine, which I had actually mixed up with another shrine much further away with dozens of rabbit statues along its pathways (Izumo Taisha). Still very cute and more omamori and ema were bought!

Then it was wandering Gion for a small bit of time before heading to the ryokan. Now. Remember how I said buses don't like large luggages? The only routes to the ryokan involved buses. And we really didn't want to go on one during rush hour. So guess who trekked half an hour to our next destination with large luggages? :')b

Thankfully, it was mostly flat land and the day wasn't as humid/hot as the other days, so we survived.

Okay food porn coming up. Let's just say that it was very tasty and very fancy. Like "we're making the food in front of you and misting water on top of these bowls, harking back to the days when our ancestors did this to show that the food was not poisoned and no one has put their fingers on these"

The menu. Ignore the date, I'm absolutely sure it was a typo, especially since the chef says that each day has a different menu that he thinks up day of.

I wasn't kidding about misting the tops of the bowls

Mmmm, sashimi with freshly grated wasabi (actually quite light and sweet, very yum).

ok back to passing out cuz I'm sleepy, bye~

I love this onion soup +_+

your kimono is super cute

May have messed up by asking for a large bowl of rice with no sides other than pickles and soup, but I ate it all, dammit

Dessert and the chef/8th generation owner of the Izuyasu ryokan (so rad) + the lovely hostess/translator of the meal, a part-time worker who's studying robotics in Kyoto!

And that was the day! We were so tired, lol.

timepiecery: it was really cute!! kinda sad it wasn't a set that I could buy cuz dang, it looked nice