Hakata and Kyoto

HAKATA

Twelve hour bus ride on the relax willer express

Had traditional Japanese breakfast at this restaurant upon arrival in Hakata

Pigeons having a shower @ the temple :)

sweet potato cake with cream, coconut and orange sauce

Fresh seaweed mochi (rice cake)

we got freeeeee samples heheh

Fukuoka tower
(can you find Bob and Kimchi?)

Kimchi enjoying the beach

Bob and I

definitely NOT beach season...but we went in anyways!!!

and it was worth it

 

Fukuoka Yahoo! Dome

Tenjin

Hakata ramen

motsu motsu nabe

The look of worry before eating Fugu (Blow fish)

the chef needs a license to serve it....but kimchi is still worried haha

poison symptoms usually happen 17mins to 3 hours after ingestion.
It was SOOO YUMMY!!! kind of tasted like chicken more than fish. I'm glad this fugu was poison free!!!

awesome pic of fugu

KYOTO

 

Kiyomizu temple

Matcha green tea and soy soft serve

We had Yuba tofu for lunch we could watch them make it upstairs while waiting for our food to arrive

What we ordered looked just like the pic!

My first time on the bullet train!!

Arashiyama and Osaka

ARASHIYAMA

Started the day in Arashiyama with Nancy and Ashley

 

 The dogs are wearing pants!!!

Took a trip to Monkey Park Iwatayama.

Gotta love the signs...

The views were spectacular!

My favourite "old man" drunken monkey

They scream and yell at each other quite a bit. Sometimes they even got a little too close for comfort. But in the end, all they cared about was getting food. :)

We had a traditional Japanese meal down the street.

 Tenryu-ji is the head temple of the Tenryu branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism  The temple was founded by Ashikaga Takauji in 1339. (Source)

OSAKA

The Glico Running MAN! A landmark in Dotonbori, Osaka.

 YAY SUSHI TRAIN ...more specifically Sushi Shinkansen (Bullet train)

Takoyaki

I tried uni (sea urchin) for the first time... kind of strange and bitter.