Kyoto~~!!

Hihi everyone! This is Carmen blogging today! Japan's been great so far, good thing there wasn't any rain at all for the whole time we were here.
So we went to Kyoto yesterday and boy was it hot!! Felt like we were literally being grilled in the sun, but the scenery was beautiful so it was all good. It was not as tiring cuz we had this bus take us to all of the places, so we didn't have to walk around as much. We got to go around to many shrines and temples, and my favorite was the garden in Tenryuji Temple in Arashiyama. The nice weather added to the beauty of the garden. We also got a bit lost looking for the meeting place after we had free time in the last stop we went to haha. And when we thought we were in the right place, turns out we were close, but we were on the wrong gate haha. Oh well, at least we all made it in the end.

We got back to the hotel after the tour in Kyoto at around 5:00 PM and just chilled there for a little bit before meeting everyone again for dinner. It was nice because it was the first time during this entire trip that the whole group got together and had dinner together. We went to a restaurant called Chibo and we all had Okonomiyaki for dinner. I've made Okonomiyaki before with JNHS, but that's nothing compared to the ones at Chibo. The waiters make it for us right at the counter and it was just really cool watching them make it. I loved the way they put on the mayonaise for some reason haha, it was really fast. And of course, taste-wise, it was CHO UMAI, MECHA UMAI, MAXIMUM UMAI!! Best Okonomiyaki that I've ever had!

After dinner, we went around the Namba area and shopped for a bit and then went back to the hotel. And today we went to Nara, but I'll let Toyomi-san tell you guys all about that! That's all from me, bye bye!