Today was a travel day from Busan, Korea to the Kansai International Airport, through Osaka and on to Kyoto.

We got to Kyoto in time to see the ryokan my sister picked and then it was on to meet my mom at Kyoto Station. My mom forgot the paper that told her where we were going so I had to meet her on the platform. While I was out there, my sister and Lim had some ice cream.

My mom and I got ours afterwards.

The place my sister picked was more of a youth hostel than a ryokan. Check out the sign for the Dolphins.

I should have said Sparkling Dolphins Inn. It did have towels but didn’t have any soap and was pretty darn loud.

After that we went off to see some bits of Kyoto near Shijo towards Gion.

We found Nishiki Market but on the way we saw a shrine in the shopping street.

After Nishiki Market we went to find some dinner but my sister and Lim found another shop they wanted to check out.

Dinner was at a tonkatsu shop which had the same name as the place I went to in Umeda. It appears to be a chain and it’s really tasty.

The croquettes were spectacular.

Then we went off to see Gion. Here’s the Kabukiza.

At the end of the street was Yasaka shrine.

In the entrance gate was this guy.

I think the shrines are all lit up this month.

So it was back through Gion.

We stopped at the Lipton Tea House to have some tea and then it was back to the Sparkling Dolphin. My mom had a matcha latte.