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the hotel we stayed at, Via Inn Kyoto, had beautifully etched walls in the lobby, this wall was sakura (cherry blossoms), the other wall across the room was momiji (maple leaves)

there was a mikoshi nearby

We had dinner at Yamamoto Mambo, which is supposedly popular for Kyoto style Okonomiyaki.

I had seen them featured on a telelvision show and marked it for us to try.

Too bad their portions were so teeny! 600 yen (tax included)

And their okonomiyaki was burnt! and even if the photo might look like the okonomiyaki is big, the portion again was so teeny, like only an 8-inch circle....1200 yen (tax included)

This is supposed to be their okonomiyaki with everything in it, unfortunately there was more noodles than anything else in it.

We won't be back.

Even if it was super humid and blazing, we did see this line for ramen.

There are two shops next to each other Shinpuku Saikan and Honke Daiichi Asahi.

Satoshi says these ramen shops have been around for forever and that he likes Honke Daiichi better, and the line proves this...
 

Kyoto tower at dusk

Nana's Green Tea's Matcha tea soda was super refreshing.

Satoshi had their matcha soft serve.

And then before returning to our hotel, we checked out Hen na Hotel (Weird/Odd Hotel)

Where all the staff members are robots...

Hello!

Add another 7089 steps to the 11084 steps before dinner...it was a long, hot day