Nakamura Tokichi, Kyoto

I was looking for some matcha dessert and came across this place. We had it in the afternoon after a trip on the other side of town and it was really refreshing. It's a great place to go in Kyoto.

Uji kin ice (Matcha & Hojicha)

Uji kin Annimitsu (Matcha)

Edogawa Unagi, Kyoto

This was one of the many restaurants that we went to when we were in Kyoto. It's a place that specializes in unagi (eel), but we also had salmon sashimi and plum wine to go with the meal.

Kyoto Masutani Ramen

More ramen in Kyoto. There are many inviting ones and we finally picked one at Kyoto ramen street again and they are delicious.

Ramen Todai

We took train to Kyoto from Osaka, to stay there and enjoy what Kyoto had, for a few days. Precisely what we did, after arriving and checking in into our hotel in Kyoto, was looking for great ramen for lunch. Ramen Kyoto street was just steps away from where we were, right at the Kyoto station, up on the 10th floor. There are eight ramen shops from various places in Japan and we had to pick one.

This restaurant is from Tokushima prefecture on Shikoku island. They serve ramen that I never had before, so I was really curious in trying them for the first time. We also ordered a plate of gyoza.We simply love them. More about this place is here. 

Shopping Arcades In Kyoto

We find Japan to be a nice place to shop, not that we shop that much when we go there. We love the products and excellent services they offer and their sales people are just some of the nicest ones in the world! They smile, they bow to you, they thank you and they also carry the bags up to the door and open the for you. And more bowing. I really want to pack them and bring these people here. We could use more nicer people in this country. So lovely! 

Japan has many large department stores around, smaller shops that offer various goods and Shopping Arcades that also seem to be wonderful places to go to. In Kyoto, we found these two Shopping Arcades when we walked from Daimaru to Takashimaya to find a place for lunch.

These are the Teramachi and Shin Kyogoku Shopping Arcades. They are covered pedestrian streets located next to each other with shops selling just about everything and restaurants of all kind. We found some temples there too.

A Kimono Clad Colonel Sanders

.... was happily found in Kyoto!

Pictures From A Bakery

There are a very good number of great bakeries that we see in Japan. Japanese must love good bread. It is so easy to find bakeries there. We normally are able to find them easily in the basement of department stores like Daimaru, Isetan or Takashimaya. These pictures, I believe, are from Paul Bocuse Bakery in Kyoto. We bought some of these, they are so yummy!

Simply Curry

We took the train to go to Kyoto from Osaka. We planned to stay one night and both DH and I had one small bag each. We needed to take taxi to our hotel, Hyatt  Regency and we tried to get to the correct exit after we arrived at this big station in Kyoto. Kyoto station has a huge shopping, dining and entertainment complex attached to it.  We passed by a tiny restaurant that sells Curry Rice and decided to make a stop for a quick lunch there. We bought the tickets at the machine after we enter the place. DH had Fried Chicken and I picked Chicken Katsu, both were priced at 780 Yen. Not bad!