Our Day 4 started with breakfast. It was actually a bit challenging to find a place that opens quite early for breakfast. I think the Japanese are not really breakfast people, even though they like the cafe culture, their sense of enjoyment of it is quite different from the Western world. Coming from Melbourne where brunch is such a big deal, this is somewhat difficult for me. But having said that, I have to say that I like the simplicity of it all. One of the places I liked for breakfast is this place called Inoda Coffee, which is a local favorite. I enjoyed the simple yet strong coffee and simple sandwich. These are not meant to make you full, but more provide you with the sensation that you ate something and can carry on with your day.
After this, we headed off to Uji. For those who love matcha and green tea, you will definitely love Uji. We were instantly hit with the deep bitter grassy smell of tea everywhere. There were also a lot of treats to try and buy around the area, you will be spoiled for choice. For the moment, we headed to Byodo-in. This is just one of the temples around the area and we have spent most of our time there. We also did a tour of the temple itself, but unfortunately, this was all in Japanese, so we could not understand a single thing.
After this, we headed off to Uji. For those who love matcha and green tea, you will definitely love Uji. We were instantly hit with the deep bitter grassy smell of tea everywhere. There were also a lot of treats to try and buy around the area, you will be spoiled for choice. For the moment, we headed to Byodo-in. This is just one of the temples around the area and we have spent most of our time there. We also did a tour of the temple itself, but unfortunately, this was all in Japanese, so we could not understand a single thing.
So all that walking in the morning really made us hungry, but being in Kyoto since we started, we actually didn't get to eat 3 meals a day. Most of it were snacking and taking short breaks so that we could cover more ground. With this, we stopped by a famous tea shop called Nakamura Tokichi Honten. We had an afternoon tea break there which was kind of like lunch/dinner and a series of desserts. All very good and unique.
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