Chan's Gorgeous Travels

My second night in Kyoto was the night I stripped naked in front of ajummas in Japan. But before I talk about that experience in particular, I want to first talk about how I spent my evenings.

photo from onsenjapan.net

Do you ever wonder how I was able to get by and do consecutive days of walking, hiking -- like, do I ever feel sore? Well, I do. I get too hungry at the end of each day. My body especially my legs were all sore from hamstrings to the heels up to the toes.

I feel so lucky that the small hostel I was staying in does have a special bath with tub. By the way, not

A Long Night of Culture Shock

by Cristiane on 9:38 PM

My second night in Kyoto was the night I stripped naked in front of ajummas in Japan. But before I talk about that experience in particular,...

After my overwhelming visit to the splendid Kinkakuji temple, famously known as the Golden Pavilion. (I had the spelling right this time, ha ha!) I had Ninnaji on my list for the same day.

Now this was not in the list of temples recommended by the host from the ryokan hotel I was staying from, or maybe it was. However, it still made my final list even after removing many others. I guess sometimes, you just feel a certain "connection" to a place even before you see it.

According to my notes, I needed to hop on a certain bus number. It was difficult to find the bus stop though from the exit of Kinkakuji. It was such a pain having to ask around because all around me are mostly tourists like me and speak a different language.

To tell the story short, I just found myself walking, trying to follow the map. Yes, I remember I was holding a map, though not as detailed as it is a bit zoomed out. And also according to my notes, it was just a short ride from the Golden Pavilion going to the Ninnaji Temple, yeah, yeah -- yeah right.

So I walked to the right of the temple. At first, whenever I ask people "Ninnaji?", they would just act like they did not hear me or see me. They probably had no idea what I am talking about.