Before Day 1 

We arrived at Kansai Airport around 19 pm by Jet star air company from Sydney airport. We met guide in there. He is a private guide from JAPAN TOUR GUIDE. He was so good and did good job while we were in Japan.  His name is Kai Nishino. 

After that we went to Kyoto by  a Haruka Express for １hour 20min . We finally arrived at Hotel , It name is the Apa hotel. This hotel is really cheap and reasonable. This hotel is chain group , there are anywhere in Japan. 

Day I 

   We ate a breakfast  cafe near the hotel at 8am to 9.30am, after that we went to main activity in day 1! It"s a  Koto trial lesson I wanna really do !  We went the Kiotto *  by bus for 20 min. We took the lesson for 90min from 10am.  I had a great and precious time in there .

We visited to Kinkakugi by bus . We looked around Kinkakuji until 13 pm. We ate really wonderful soba at Soba restaurant near Kinkakuji by 14pm. 

Second activity    We went to the ''Kyoto Museum of crafts and design''. There are a lot of ​traditional crafts made in Kyoto. We saw demonstration  of making  crafts by master. 

At night ,we walked around  Gion city . Guide took us the restaurant he recommend to us. The restaurant name is TEPPAN TAVERN TENAMONYA​ . The restaurant was nominated the  third best restaurant in Japan by famous travel site. We ate steaks and okonomiyaki! These foods were really delicious .A chef was good men and talk to us so we were happy and spend good time! 

This day, I finally played some songs by Koto, so I can' t forget this forever in my life !

I woke up at 7:00 on the first day of my trip and had breakfast at 8:00. The cafe near the hotel was very good. We went to a koto lesson as our main activity. It was interesting to be exposed to Japanese traditions. After that we went to Kinkakuji temple at 1 pm. The sudachi soba was fresh and tasty since I usually don't get to eat it. We spent the evening having dinner while watching Gion. The Japanese culture of Gion was powerful and interesting. It was a very fulfilling day.

I had a very interesting experience today. For the main activity, I challenged myself to play the koto, a traditional Japanese instrument. Even though I was a beginner, the teacher taught me carefully and I was able to play well. I felt that the koto is one of the wonderful cultures of Japan.

I ate sudachi soba for lunch. I ate it for the first time, but it was very delicious with an addictive taste. I would like to eat there again.

Also, at the Kyoto museum, I was able to see many crafts of Kyoto City. The crafts were all really interesting, and before I knew it, time had passed. There was something interesting about the culture of Kyoto City.