The Final Day

I had a late flight so I mulled around the hotel and airport before checking my luggage.

Right back where we started...

Applejack and a spice holder!

This dark photo was taken on the plane ride back!

And that is, how they say, all she wrote! Thank you for checking out the blog! If I travel someplace else you can BET I'll bring AJ with me! But right now it's back to the grind of boring old regular life!

April 27th

How far we've come in such a short time! But now is time to head back. ALL the way back to Narita!

One last night at the hotel in Narita...

April 26th

My final day in Kyoto Applejack and I paid a visit to The Kyoto International Manga Museum!

All I can say is if you're into manga, or anime, or an artist in general, it is a MUST see!

Applejack with one of my biggest influences!

Applejack with another of my biggest influences!

April 25th

My plans for the 24th fell through. Let me tell you! If you go to Kyoto and want to see the Kyoto International Manga Museum DO NOT GO ON A WEDNESDAY! They close every wednesday :(

So I organized plans with a new travel friend (who had the same first name as I) to go to Kobe for some Kobe beef followed by a trip to Kurama where we went to a Sulpher Hot Spring!

The mall at Shin-Kobe station. Great place to find Kobe beef!

April 23rd

I went shopping this day, so naturally there are no pictures of Applejack. But that night I met up with two other people from my tour group who were in Kyoto for one last night. We all went out to dinner and drinking after! It was an amazing time!

Plus Applejack got to hang out with her drinking buddy, Mongy!

Reunited and it feels so good!

April 22nd

The best part of Kyoto is it's only a train ride away from all sorts of other cool cities! Like Osaka, Kobe, and Nara!

April 21st

As it turns out every first sunday and 21st of the month Toji Temple had a flea market. I grew up going to flea markets all the time so I decided to check it out! Best part is, Toji Temple was a 5 minute walk from my hotel!

 The inside was crowded with people. I bought a bronze dragon turtle! It was mostly stalls and such. The same thing you'd see at any flea market, except it was all japanese!

April 20th

Arashiyama was where we headed today! We went to the bamboo forest! Very cool path! Very calm and relaxing! Also very cool for such a hot day!

April 19th

The next day I ventured off to Kiyamizu-dera! I must've been unlucky that day because it was swarming with school kids! It's like every school in Kyoto chose THAT DAY to visit Kiyamizu!

April 18th

Officially Applejack was my only companion at this point, so we decided to hit a few places I wanted to see since before I flew over to Japan! Namely philosophers walks! But first! Silver Pavilion! (It was right there!)

This is actually the gateway to the Silver Pavilion. I got a lot weird looks from locals.