September 23, 2023 : Ninenzaka, the Most Beautiful Street I Have Ever Seen
© 安岡喜晴 (JoyShine)
Today I woke up at 2 pm. Then we went to Ippudo for lunch. Then we took a break at Ueshima Coffee.
During the break, we decided to see the beautiful night view and decided to walk from Hanamikoji Street to Sannenzaka.
So we left the restaurant, turned right, and walked for a while, but on the way we realized that we were walking in the wrong direction.
We always take a break at a coffee shop on Shijo Street, so I accidentally turned right after leaving the shop.
To get to Hanamikoji Street, we had to turn left from the shop onto Shijo Street. I was surprised by my conditioned reflex.
We walked east on Shijo Street. On the way, we stopped at Edion and bought a mousepad.
After that, we walked further east and saw the Kabuki Theater, the Minami-za.
We saw a sign in front of the Minami-za that said the play they were performing was "Shin-Suikoden" (New Water Margin).
She asked me what Suikoden was, and I talked about Suikoden as we walked east, and then we started talking about Sangokushi (The History of the Three Kingdoms).
We walked along Hanamikoji Street and finally came to Kenninji Temple.
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Then we turned left and walked east until we reached Higashioji Street.
From there, we walked south and saw the Yasaka Pagoda, then turned east and walked toward the pagoda.
Walking along the road, we reached Ninnenzaka.
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Then we walked along Sannenzaka and came to Kiyomizu-dera Temple.
From there, we walked back along Sannenzaka and Ninnenzaka to Kodaiji Temple.
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On the way, we found a Starbucks.
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And a Peter Rabbit shop.
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From there, we entered Nene no Michi and walked for a while to Chion-in Temple,
but we got carried away chatting and realized that we had passed Yasaka Shrine, so we went back to Yasaka Shrine.
I was a little relieved to see that Yasaka Shrine was still crowded with people at that time of day.
After that, we walked from Gion to Shijo Ohashi Bridge and had dinner at Sukiya.
On the way home, I bought a bottle of tea at a convenience store.