Day 2 27/12/2017 Kyoto - Inari Shrine, Kiyomizu Dera, Saryou Suisen, Pokemon Center Kyoto

Day 2 of 7 of my annual trip and we are heading to Kyoto today! 

Woke at like 4 plus in the morning to catch the first shinkansen train out to Kyoto!! We even saw mount fuji while on the bullet train. so lucky and it is so clear! i think this happened when we pass by Hakone. Bought bentos from the train station to eat in the train. :) 

We went straight to Fushimi Inari Shrine and it was snowing!!!! This is my first time experiencing snow and it was magical! It was so cold though~ Inari shrine was packed AF and it was impossible to take nice pics....... but managed to get some nice shots la despite having a bad photographer throughout the trip. After taking a million photos at the shrine, we headed out and gotten some takoyaki. We also ate something an egg roll and kitsune udon inside a traditional jap restaurant coz it was cold AF!!! It's already so cold without snowing but that just made it worse.

We went to Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺) next. It snowed even heavier and was hailing. LOL FOL. It got even colder. Nothing much here! The part of the main hall which everyone is taking photographs of is under maintenance, so no nice photos. Also did not queue to clean my hands coz fking cold. #$@#%

Also did not go in furthur coz of the mother. -.- 

And then we exited kiyomizu dera... gotta grab a hot drink coz... fucking cold. i know i keep emphasizing this.. Grabbed this hot matcha drink and chilled here for abit.

Passed by the famous tatami starbucks but then it was so crowded and also you need to buy a drink to be able to go in further. No point buying a drink and there's no space for us to rest at.

Went to Saryou Suisen for some desert. I ordered a latte with cute 3d latte art. That's one of the reason  why i wanted to go to there. Ordered the parfait which was delicious btw!! what i like about japanese matcha is that they are not the sweet kind you get in singapore. there's a subtle bitterness to it which makes in authentic here in japan and also matcha is a kyoto speciality so it is a must eat/drink if you visit kyoto. 

Kyoto Pokemon center. This outlet is kind of small compared to the one at sunshine city and skytree tower. It's located at the 5th floor of Takashimaya Kyoto. The only one i missed is the one at Yokohama. I blamed myself for not doing enough research. :(

Wanted to go to kichi kichi omu rice for dinner but didn't know that must do reservation. LOL. wasted my time. took a cab back to kyoto station for dinner. Had curry rice at this random shop at the station. Not very good. xD