京都和奈良遊❥Kyoto&Nara Trip @ Ellie Everywhere

[From Tokyo to Kyoto從東京到京都]
After our lovely visit at Tokyo, Amy and I took the Shinkasen and headed over to Kyoto.
In my previous post about our stay in Tokyo, I forgot to mention something quite important for the people who are planning to travel to different cities in Japan, which is the the question of how many suitcase one should bring?
Before I left, I already knew that it would be a pain in the ass to travel to different cities with more than one luggage, but at the same time, it is very hard to resist to not buy cosmetic related products or souvenirs when you're in Japan. For a girl like me, who brings at least four different types of shoes when I travel, it is indeed a very difficult task to stuff everything in one big suitcase under 23kg.
I brought one big suitcase to Japan, and Amy brought a carry on and one medium suicase. My luggage was of course overweight, so I had to take things out to hand carry when I was at Osaka Airport.
This was not that big of a deal; the most painful part would be for you to carry that one, or more, big heavy suitcase(s)while you travel from city to city since not all the train station has escalator or elevator, which means.... YOU'LL HAVE TO LIFT THE SUITCASE UP AND DOWN THOSE STAIRCASES BY YOURSELF.
Be very mindful about that, and especially if you are not staying over night in the city, and you might just want to leave the luggage in the train station. If your luggage is too big, it may not fit the biggest locker that they offer (Mine almost did not fit).
So be sure to pack your esstentials! Or what you can do it bring one large suitcase and put a smaller suitcase inside, and buy everything on the last stop in Japan!
I was too excited when I got to Tokyo, so I bought most of the cosmetic products when I was there when I could have waited till Osaka to buy them.
I even bought Tokyo Banana when I was in Tokyo because I was not sure whether if they sell that at the Osaka airport(they do~~~).
Tokyo Banana is a famous dessert that people buy as souenvir in Japan. It has different flavours, and it can go somewhere from $600yen to $2000yen per box depending on the flavour and quantity.
If you want to buy this as a souvenir, try to buy it at the last day of yout trip as the expiry is about ten days and they are very heavy if you buy a few boxes.
在我們東京遊結束後, 我跟Amy搭新幹線出發去京都
我上一個文章忘了提到一件還滿重要值得在日本去不同城市的人注意的事情. 那就是~~~ 要帶多少行李?
在我離開溫哥華之前, 我早就料到要拖著行李箱在日本到處遊走會是一件很痛苦的事情. 但在同一時間, 好不容易去了日本怎麼可能不買化妝品和紀念品!! 像是我這種每次出國就要帶只少四雙不同種鞋的女生來說, 要把所有東西都塞在一個不能超過23公斤的行李箱真是難上加難
我去日本帶了一個大的行李箱, Amy帶了一個隨身行李和一個中型行李箱. 我的行李箱到最後當然是逃不過超重的命運, 所以我在大阪機場的時候必須要拿出一些東西改用手提
這個其實不是什麼太大的問題; 最痛苦的部分是在當你從一個城市搭車去另一個城市的時候你要拖著那大的行李箱. 而且不見得所有車站都有電扶梯或電梯, 那就表示.... 你必須扛著你的行李箱在那漫長的階梯上下遊走
真的要很注意這點! 尤其如果你沒有打算要在某個城市過夜, 而只是想把行李箱放在車站的置物櫃然後到處去晃晃. 如果你的行李箱過大, 很有可能你的行李箱還塞不下他們最大的置物櫃 (我的行李箱就差點塞不進去)
所以帶須要的東西就好了! 或者你可以帶一個大的行李箱裡面裝一個小一點的行李箱, 然後在日本的最後一站在買所有東西!
我剛到東京的時候真的太興奮了, 所以我80%的東西在我在東京的時候就買完了. 我現在回想真的應該要在大阪的時候在買就不會那麼辛苦了
我連Tokyo Banana在東京的時候就買了, 因為我不確定大阪的機場有沒有賣(他們有賣~~~)
Tokyo Banana是一種點心, 在日本滿有名的伴手禮. 他有不同的口味, 一盒價位大概在六百日幣到兩千日幣左右不等, 看看你要買的口味和數量
如果你想買這個當伴手禮, 我建議最好在最後一天再買, 因為他賞味時間是差不多十天, 而且滿重的如果你要買兩三盒以上的話

[First Night第一晚]
I forgot how much the Shinkansen cost, but I think it was around $150cdn, and the ride was about two hours.
We stayed at an Airbnb when we were in Kyoto.
After we dropped off our luggage and freshened up, we were ready to head out for dinner. This night, we were going to this famous omurice restaurant in Kyoto!
I randomly found this omurice restaurant as I was browsing on Instagram. After I saw the short 15 seconds clip on Instagram, I decided that I must come to eat at this restaurant!!
The restaurant name is ザ・洋食屋キチ・キチ. You can make reservation online or by phone. The link is here http://www.kichi2.net/
It is located in a small alley way in a popular shopping district, so be sure to use your best friend, Google Map, before you go. The famous Japanese department store, Kyoto Takashimaya, is also located in that popular district.
Amy and I arrived at 5:30 right when it opened and we were the first customers there.
The restaurant is very small. It has a bar that fits about six people and one or two tables on the side that fits four people.
Amy and I both ordered the famous omurice. I ordered a beer as well, and my meal was around $3200yen.
The chef does not speak English, but he is very friendly. You can tell when someone is very passionate and happy at doing what they do, and I definitely saw this quality in the chef.
I think the omurice tastes average, but it was absolutely very enjoyable and entertaining to watch the process of him making the omurice.
I provided the link of the process of him making the omurice. I would still recommend people to go try the omurice~ =) https://www.instagram.com/p/8aMbvbSfPar7v9R7OMc0hrVbRbME5UApAXz3E0/?taken-by=ellie1212
我忘了新幹線花了多少錢但印象中好像是差不多$150加幣, 然後車程是差不多兩個小時
在京都我們也是住Airbnb
我們放下行李整理好後, 就出門準備吃晚餐了. 這晚我們要去的是在京都一家滿有名的蛋包飯餐廳
這餐廳也是我隨便在Instagram上面看到的. 在我看到Instagram上短短15秒的影片後, 我就決定我來京都時一定要來吃看看!!
餐廳的名字是ザ・洋食屋キチ・キチ. 可以在網路上或電話訂位. 網站在這 http://www.kichi2.net/
這間餐廳在繁華地區的一個小巷裡面, 所以記得出門前要使用Google Map查好餐廳位置在哪裡. 日本很有名的百貨公司Kyoto Takashimaya也在這繁華地區裡面
Amy跟我在五點半餐廳剛開的時候到的, 我們是第一個客人
餐廳很小. 吧檯的座位大概只有六個再加上旁邊有一兩張桌子大概可以坐四個人
我跟Amy都點了有名的蛋包飯. 我還點了一瓶啤酒, 差不多是$3200日幣
廚師不會講英文, 但他非常友善. 你可以看得出來這個廚師對他的工作是充滿了熱誠而且感覺得出來他很快樂
我個人覺得蛋包飯還滿普通的, 不過看他做飯的過程是非常有好玩和很讓人享受的
連結附上厲害的蛋包飯的製作過程我還是會推薦大家去那裡一探究竟喔~=) https://www.instagram.com/p/8aMbvbSfPar7v9R7OMc0hrVbRbME5UApAXz3E0/?taken-by=ellie1212

[Kyoto&Nara京都&奈良]
We decided to book a tour led by a professional guide for our Kyoto adventure.
The city is filled with so much history as it was the capital for Japan for hundreds of years before Tokyo.
Our one day Kyoto and Nara tour was booked on http://www.japanican.com/en/tour/detail/N110
It was a bus tour, and pick up service was available at various hotels.
When we got to visit all these world heritage sites, I fell in love with this city that has something Tokyo does not offer.
The architecture really amazed me; I find it really hard to believe something that was built almost four hundred years ago is still in a fine condition.
Our guide was very well knowledged and has explained clearly in English at each stop that we have been to, but unfortunately, my memory is limited and I do not remember much history.
We did Nijo Castle, Kinkakuji Temple, Kyoto Imperial Palace, Nishi Hongonji in Kyoto for the morning. After lunch, we hopped back on the bus and headed towards Nara, Nara was about an hour bus ride from Kyoto.
We arrived at the famous deer park in Nara; there were A LOT of deers, lol
The famous Todaiji Temple was part of the Nara Deer Park. It is a HUGE temple!!!!
Our guide said it is the biggest Buddha temple in the world, and it was even bigger before when it first got built, but it was burned down by fire during the war time.
I absolutely love this Todaiji! Love the history, love the wooden structure, love the architecture, love the Great Buddha, loveeeee everything!
I would recommend people to stay at Kyoto for at least three days as two days is too rush! There are a lot of heritage sites I haven't had a chance to visit.
我們的京都行訂了一個有日本當地嚮導帶的一天旅遊團
京都是一個充滿了歷史和古蹟的城市. 在東京變成首都之前, 它曾經是日本的首都好幾百年前
我們的旅遊團是在這個網站上訂的 http://www.japanican.com/en/tour/detail/N110
是一個巴士團, 他會在特定的時間到指定的各大飯店接賓客
當我們在參觀所有京都這些有好幾百年的文化遺產的時候, 我馬上愛上了這個通滿歷史的城市. 這些文化遺產是在東京沒有辦法看到的東西
這些文化遺產的建築真的是讓我驚奇喜愛又詫異; 真的很難想像在幾百年前建的這些建築到現在還是在一個良好的狀態雖然有些有重建過了
我們的導遊非常有知識的為我們一一介紹每一個文化遺產的歷史, 但我的記憶在這方面非常的模糊已經不大記得他講了甚麼了
早上我們去了二條城, 金閣寺, 京都的皇宮和西本願寺. 吃了午餐以後, 我們上了巴士前往奈良, 差不多是一個多小時的車程
我們到了非常有名的奈良鹿公園; 有好多好多的鹿哈哈
有名的東大寺也在奈良鹿公園這裡. 東大寺非常無敵巨大!!!!
我們的導遊說這是世界上最大的釋迦摩尼佛的寺, 而且在一千多年前剛建的時候還更大, 只不過在戰爭時期被燒毀了
我超級愛東大寺的!! 它的歷史, 文化, 木頭的建材, 建築和它的一切讓我很喜歡
京都我會推薦至少要待三天以上因為兩天真的太趕了! 我還有很多文化遺產在京都還沒有機會去看