Solo Travel in Japan, Day 8 part 1 🗾 Osaka to Kyoto day trip 🚊

Solo Travel in Japan, Day 8 part 1 🗾 Osaka to Kyoto day trip 🚊

Let’s start the day by visiting one of the best looking train stations in Japan—Kyoto Station!🚉

If you are staying in Dotonbori like me, you’d have a couple of options: Kintetsu Limited express from Osaka-Namba Station, or if you are using a JR pass, take the Tokaido-Sanyo Line from Osaka Station. 🚄

Once you’re in Kyoto Station, take the escalator towards the rooftop and stop by Country House Eikokuya! Eat some coffee and curry while enjoying the view from their terrace. 🍛

Country House Eikokuya
カントリーハウス英國屋 JR京都伊勢丹 3F
📍Japan, 〒600-8216 Kyoto, Shimogyo Ward, Higashishiokojicho, 657 ジェイアール京都伊勢丹 3F
⌚️open everyday from 8AM-8PM

Don’t eat too much because we are getting ramen for dessert! Walk towards Ginjo Ramen Kubota—it’s the first ramen spot I stumbled upon while exploring Kyoto for the first time. I am glad they are still open! 🍜

Ginjo Ramen Kubota
吟醸らーめん久保田 本店
📍563-2 Nishimatsuyacho, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, 600-8326, Japan
⌚️open everyday from 11 AM–2:30 PM, 6-9:30 PM

If you ever visit Kyoto in Autumn, definitely take a 10 minute walk (650 meters) to a UNESCO World Heritage site—Nishi Honganji temple. Visit the Great Ginkgo Tree of Honganji—it’s a 400 year old tree that turns golden every fall. If you are lucky, you might also see all kinds of exquisite chrysanthemums on exhibit (there will be species that, I’m sure, you have never seen before). 🌼

Nishi Hongan-ji Temple
西本願寺
📍Japan, 〒600-8501 Kyoto, Shimogyo Ward, Honganji Monzencho
⌚️open everyday from 5:30AM-5PM

Part 2 coming soon!😊

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