Asia - Japan - Osaka & Kyoto & Nara #Day 4

KYOTO
			RM:YEN	¥1	0.04
4th Day	26-Oct
	Arashiyama & Kinkakuji Temple Sightseeing	Destination	Duration	Cost/pax
	AirBnB walk to Umeda Station	Umeda Station	14mins	¥240	RM9.60
	Hankyu-Kyoto LineLimited Express Kawaramachi		44mins	HANKYU TOURIST PASS
MORNING	Arashiyama
	From Kujo Kintetsu Mae bus stop (Eastbound): City Bus 19, 71, 78	Kyoto Station
	Purchase unlimited one-day Kyoto City bus pass
Bus	From Kyoto St. bus stop (Stand D3): City Bus 28	Arashiyama-Tenryuji-mae	44 mins
Train	From Kyoto Station: Take the JR Sagano/San-in Line (Track no 31-33)	Saga-Arashiyama Station	12 mins	¥240
	Start this walk from Randen (Keifuku) Arashiyama Stn. The station is an attraction in itself. There are a number of shops selling traditional sweets and
	Enter the main gate of the superb Tenryu-ji Temple and explore the temple	Tenryu-ji Temple		¥600
	Walk uphill and through the garden to reach the north exit of Tenryu-ji Temple. Take a left outside the exit and walk uphill	Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
	Walk uphill through the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove and when you reach the top of the hill and the road, look across the road and to the right a bit and you will see a small hut.	Okochi-Sanso Villa
	Leave Okochi-Sanso Villa and take a left onto the main sightseeing road, heading north. Go downhill and pass a pond on your left. The route here goes past a string of temples: Jojakko-ji Temple, Nison-in Temple, Takiguchi-dera Temple and Gio-ji Temple. Soon after passing Jojakko-ji Temple, you’ll see the quaint thatched-roof Rakushisha Poet’s hut, which belonged to a disciple of the famed haiku poet Matsuo Basho.	Gio-ji Temple
	After visiting the temple, return to the main route and continue northwest. You’ll pass several shops and a few restaurants. After about 250 meters, you’ll see the steps leading up to Adashino-Nembutsu-ji Temple on your left. Walk north from Adashino-Nembutsu-ji Temple and you’ll soon get to the bright orange Atago Torii, a lovely Shinto shrine gate.	Atago Torii
	Walk up the stone steps on the left, just before the highway overpass, to catch bus No 62 or 72 back to Arashiyama
LUNCH	Unagiya Hirokawa – a famous and perpetually packed unaju specialty house just across the road from Tenryuji. Be prepared to wait for at least 30 minutes on good days, and do note that the restaurant imposes a minimum order of one main course per diner. Unagi
AFTERNOON TO EVENING	Kinkakuji Temple (Golden Pavillion)
	Option 1: Taxi from Arashiyama			¥2,000	RM80.00
	Option 2: Bus from Arashiyama
	From Arashiyama-Tenryuji-mae bus stop: City Bus 11 (Northbound)	Yamagoe Nakacho	11 min	City Bus Pass
	From Yamagoe Nakacho, walk for 5 mins to Yamagoe bus stop: City Bus 59 (Eastbound)	Kinkakuji-mae	18 mins	City Bus Pass
	From Kinkakuji Temple, walk to Kinkakuji Michi bus stop	Kinkakuji Michi	3 mins	Walk
	From Kinkakuji Michi Bus Stop: City Bus 205 (Southbound)	Kyoto Station	41 mins	City Bus Pass
LATE EVENING	AirBnB walk to Umeda Station	Umeda Station	14mins	¥240	RM9.60
	Hankyu-Kyoto LineLimited Express Kawaramachi		44mins	HANKYU TOURIST PASS