#170408 Japan_1st day @

Throughout the years, I've been hearing a lot of people raving about Japan as a very fun holiday destination. Finally, I have made it to Japan. Kansai area (Osaka, Kyoto & Nara) are the places that we have covered for our maiden trip to this Land of Rising Sun.

We flew with MAS to Osaka's Kansai International Airport (KIX) and took a 75-minute train ride to Kyoto on the JR Haruka Airport Express with the “ICOCA and Haruka discount ticket package”.

On the train where we bumped into a family from Cameron Highlands

my breakfast from 7-11/family mart (can't really remember)

These tasted okay (well, you know...I prefer Asian Char-Bee-Hoon type breakfast)

“Kyoto is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, Kyoto is considered to be the centre of Japan’s cultural life. With more than 1,600 Buddhist temples and 270 Shinto shrines, the city is one of the world’s greatest cultural treasures, and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Despite functioning as a modern city today, in many ways it stands in contrast to the metropolis of Tokyo. ”