I had a wonderful trip to Japan for 6 days. And now I am back~~~ ^_~

Why did I choose Japan not other places? The story started on one day ... My sister said someone was going to Osaka. Osaka? It sounds a nice name... it's close to Hong Kong. It's boring to do nothing in Hong Kong. And it's to relax and leave the work aside for a while. So I did some research on places around Osaka and planned the trip. My best friend is also in Japan in summer. When I was planning my trip, I was thinking if we would meet each other somewhere in Japan when we pass by... haha

During the 6-day trip, I went around Kansai. On day 1, I took Cathay Pacific flight and it took about 3 hours to arrive at Kansai Airport. I had curry chicken for my meal on the plane. After arrival to the airport, my sister and I took the JR to Osaka and changed another train to Kyoto. We stayed at Kyoto Tower Hotel for 2 nights. The twin room is great. As we arrived late at night, we just went to find a nice place to have some Udon for dinner.

On day 2, we woke up early and started our long journey. ^_^ We rented yukata and went around different temples. The outlook was nice and I also like the scenery around. Kyoto is a quiet place with beautiful scenery. I feel great to have tried on yukata for at least once in my life~~~~ yoho~~~ ^0^ After visiting the temples, it's time to go shopping at the city centre.

On day 3,  we went to Arashiyama. There's a fantastic view of lotus pond. We spent the whole morning there. I like taking photos of different plants.  That's amazing! In the afternoon, we went to Osaka Tokyu Inn to check in. Umeda Station is a 'huge' station. It's easy to get lost if you didn't aware... ... Before getting to go shopping, we went to places near the hotel to have our lunch. And we had a delicious meal at 'Fish Heart Sushi'. The sashimi and sushi is tasty and cheap~~~ Then we went to the city centre to have a glance at what we could buy till night.

Day 4 was the most tiring day for me. We went to 4 cities. We travelled a lot on the trains. >.< First, we went to Nara from Osaka. At Nara, we met many animal friends~~~ some lovely deers!!! Cute ^v^ Then we went back to Kyoto again as we wanted to buy some more souvenirs there. At about 4:30 p.m., we went to Kobe. We went to Port of Kobe. The night view near the harbour was brillant! We had some sweet cakes at the port for dinner.

On day 5, we travelled to Wakayama and visited the castle there in the morning. Then in the afternoon, we went to meet my best friend and his sister at Ysb station. I waited for half an hour there... when I was waiting, I wondered if they got lost?! There's a big festival in Osaka on 25th July. It lasted for several hours. It's my first time to 'take part in' such festival. The scene is great. Though it's tiring and crowded around, I enjoyed the day very much. We all had a big dinner at night. It's kinda strange as well as awesome to meet someone you know in a foreign country. Feel great~~~ :D

It's the last day for our journey on 26th. My sister and I planned to do some last shopping around Osaka. In the morning, we went to Osaka castle as the shops only open at 11am.

On the whole, the Kansai trip was great. I enjoyed it very very much. ^.~