Today we saw bamboo, monkeys, and went to Tokyo!

Today we saw bamboo, monkeys, and went to Tokyo! So still super behind on my blog, but this is what we did a few days ago...We woke up super early this morning to attend morning 6AM service at nishi hongwanji. It was so cold!! We could see our breath while we were chanting. 

Afer service ended we returned to our hotel. We were planning to take Shinkansen to Tokyo today, but we couldn't get to our airbnb until like 6:30pm. So we planned a day trip to Arashiyama nearby. We did some last minute shopping at the stops outside of Hongwanji, packed up our bags, left them at the hotel, and then headed out to Arashiyama. It was only a 20 minute train ride from Kyoto.

Ochazuke lunch!

We arrived in Arashiyama and walked to the bamboo forest. The path was a little crowded but it was a nice walk. 

After that we walked around the area, and followed a river back to the center of town, where we turned to walk towards the monkey park.

We then walked up the monkey park. It was about a 20 minute hike, but when we got to the top there were monkeys all around! We entered a hut to feed some, and then walked around taking pictures of them.

If you've been following along, you'll notice that animals don't exactly pay attention to Harry-chan...

After that we stopped to get karaage (of course...) and then went back to Kyoto to take the Shinkansen to Tokyo. 

Karaage Boi~

Once we got to Tokyo we realized the error in our timing. It was rush our and we had all of our stuff with us. We pushed our way through the staiton to the subway line we needed to take to get to our airbnb in Shinjuku. It was a hassle, but we finally made it! Our host is super nice and her apartment is as well! The apartment is in a really good location only a minute away from a 7-11 and grocery store. However it is in an older building so it is cold. We stopped by the grocery store to see what we could grab for dinner. It has a nice selection and we grabbed some food and sushi for dinner. We ate, and then began planning our stay in Tokyo. We are finally nearing the end of our trip, however there is still so much we want to do, see, and eat.

This was only $5!!!

Just having dinner with baachan!

Daily Step Count: 28,620

Total Step Count: 169,024

Harry-chan's Karaage Count: 11