Japan Travels: The Streets of Gion, Kyoto

#wheretogo One of the famous district to visit in Kyoto is Gion, it is a place where cultural, history, food, traditions and geisha performances. We got off on Gion-Shijo station connected to Keihan subway line, and started walking into the streets. We walked the Shijo-ohashi Bridge over to the Gion shopping street, and we stopped around to enjoy the beautiful scenery and view, there is a river that we can see clear water running and there are people sitting down to relax. It’s beauty and sight really relaxes us and feel so good just watching it for a while. Once we reached the shopping streets, it feels like in the 80s where it gives a traditional walk and we saw a lot of Matcha teahouse as Kyoto is famous for Matcha quality. We saw there’s a lot of stalls selling Matcha drinks and local desserts, it also sells Matcha leaves or packets to take back home or as souvenirs. We saw some apparel outlets, restaurants along the way and also a cute bakery store selling bunny shaped snacks and breads, they even sell bunny keychains and plushies. The street is quite long and a good place to shop and eat around, make sure to drop by while visiting Kyoto because the famous Yasaka Shrine is just nearby the street.