TRAVEL 21

Kyoto has been one of my favourite city to visit since the first time I stepped my feet there, and I was so excited to re-visit this city. Since I visited some of the top spot on my previous visit like Kiyomizu-Dera, Fushimi Inari Shrine, which I'm sure are also beautiful in autumn, I decided to pay a visit to different spots this time. Kyoto on 20th November 2017 noon was cloudy and a bit freezing. As I remembered, it was below 10°C that day, and I was wearing three layers clothing inside - well I'm not really good with cold weather.  We stayed in a hostel located within 10 minutes walk from JR Kyoto Station. After dropping our luggage, we walked towards Kyoto Station and spotted this Katsugyu restaurant with a queue of people in front of it. Apparently this place is quite famous, so we decided to have our lunch there. Katsu Set - JPY 1,598 It was a good lunch, not bad at all, but not as good as we expected since we were still awed with the deliciousness of Gyukatsu Motomura a...

Okay, I hope it's not too late to share about my autumn experience in Osaka. That day, my travel companions were going to Universal Studios, and since I already went there before, I looked for a place where I could enjoy some fall foliage in Osaka. When I googled about fall in Osaka, Minoo Park kept appearing on the result, so I did some research and went there. From where I stay, it took around one and a half hour to reach Mino-o Station and extra 15-20 minutes walk to reach the park. The walk to the park was pleasant, the weather was cool, the trees were surrounding me, and the sound of the stream were accompanying me. Actually, I expected that fall would be totally yellow, orange, and red, but at the time, many of the trees were still green. But I could still witnessed the beautiful autumn foliage there. You could see the scenery I enjoyed through the pictures below. And as it was my first autumn trip, a picture with reddish and yellowish trees is a must. I asked a stranger to t...