You feel so great to hike and bike around the town on a nice day in Kyoto. Kyoto is surrounded by mountains, so if you ride your bike a little, you can reach to mountains. Then take a bath at a bath house, nice lunch and tea.. What a nice life. Thank God, I'm so glad that I was born in Kyoto.
9:30 - 11:00 1. Mt. Daimonji: To start a nice holiday, let's hike up this mountain. It will take just 1 hour to go up and come back, easy but the scenery you get from the top is amazing. Now it might be a little bit difficult to find the way to the mountain. You find the world famouse temple Ginkakuji, and when you face the main entrance, take left and at the end of the street you'll see a shrine, then turn right and go 50m more without entering the shrine. Then the street is split into two, you take the right one, now you park your bike and start hiking! Take the same way to come back.
10 min
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11:10 - 11:30 2. Honenin temple: This is one of my favorite temple, quiet, not too many tourists, simple and beautiful. When you sit there and listen to the trees, you feel your mind purified.
to the map around Honenin
25 min
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11:55-12:45 3. Funaoka Onsen: It's an old cool bath house. The building and the tiles are so retro. I love this bath house, and one time I stayed too long and fainted.. and don't forget to drink "mummy" a small bottled drink after bath, which was my custom in my childhood.
to the map around Funaoka bath house
15 min
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13:00 - 13:30 4. Le Petit Mec: When you eat the bread here, you would realize how high Japanese bakeries' level is. You can eat in here, coffee tastes good too. However open only on Fri, Sat, Sun and holiday.
to the map around Let Petit mec
15 min
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13:45 - 15:00 5. Imperial Palace: It's a little complicated to get tickets to go inside of the building, but the park is open for everybody! Find a nice spot for a picnic, spend time as you like.
15 min
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15:15 - 15:45 6. Ippodo: One of the greatest tea shop established in 1717 in Japan. Their tea has been loved by Kyoto people so long. Try their tearoom "Kaboku" inside the shop. They tell you how to make a good tea and enjoy the sweet with tea. open from 11:00 to 17:00
to the map around Ippodo
15:45 - 16:15 7. Teramachi street: You'll see many antique shops lined up around Ippodo tea shop. Teramachi is known as antique shop street. Walk around and find a good shit!
to the map around Teramachi st.
10min
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16:25 - 17:00 8. Nishiki market: Nishik is called as the kitchen of Kyoto. You can find any kinds of high quality Kyoto food. Walk around and try samples. Get dinner to take home.
to the map around Nishiki market
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