[ Travel ] Kitano Tenmangu Shrine and a visit to a grocery store

Next up,we went to Kitano Tenmangu Shrine. I wanted to go there for 2 reasons: it's free and I liked the  vermilion colored bridge when I Googled images of the shrine. Also, it's located quite near Kinkaku-ji.










This temple is popular in Spring because of the plum blossoms. We were actually confused because we didn't know we came through the exit instead of the entrance gate lol. We only realized it after we came to the plum grove and we see people having teas. They looked for our tickets but we didn't have it. At the exit, my friend paid for us not knowing that it was supposed to be for the tea and plum grove area and what not and not for the admission to the temple. We were actually just passing through but we paid for a tea we didn't have omg. It was all confusing at the time and I admittedly also forgot it was supposed to be free. Oh well, if you come here, I hope you don't make the same mistake. It's okay not to pay the 700 yen and skip the tea and  the barren plum grove. But I guess, it's worth visiting in spring time.

Overall, I really loved Kitano Tenmangu. One of the shrines that I really enjoyed in Kyoto. It was almost deserted when we went there so we had a lovely time strolling around at leisure.

Again, grabbed from my friends. I love toriis (鳥居) and you will see me with more of them in my next posts lol. Also, I don't know why I was looking giddy af on the second photo 😁



We had lunch afterwards. I have no idea what I'm eating actually. It's usually the case during my stay in Japan, except if I'm eating ramen, or yakisoba, takoyaki, etc. Japanese food that I'm already familiar with, I don't know what I'm putting in my mouth. Of course, I liked everything. 😅



Afterwards, we went to a grocery store to buy something. It's my first time inside a Japanese grocery, so I took photos of course.



I really like this feature in Japan bus stops, you can tell if your bus is coming.


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