On the second day, it was raining in Kyoto. We went back to Gion and rented a kimono outfit from a place we encountered the day before. Each of us had decided to don it for the entire day in the city. For fun. It was fun, indeed, but really, wearing a kimono and a pair of wooden slipper in rainy Kyoto isn't that appealing. I find myself missing my sneakers and t-shirt and jeans time to time. Nevertheless, I'd say it was quite an experience because you do feel different. You feel very connected to the city. The first place we visited was the Fuku-Inari shrine. It's the iconic shrine with the orange-reddish pillars stone walk way up to the bamboo forest. Oh my God, it was SO breathtaking. Perhaps my most memorable place out of all the rest from my trip. I loved it, even on a rainy day. It was still beautiful.
We went around the temple in our kimonos and grabbed all the attention from visitors. A tourist even asked to take a picture together with my friend. We roamed the temple for quite a good amount of time, walked up the stoned paths, through the bamboo forest, then back down. Coming back down, we got really hungry, and there was this cute, small, traditional udon place. An older lady and her mom run the place and the tables were on tatami so we sat cross-legged. The restaurant served a nice variety of food, mainly focusing on INARI (sweet tofu pouch with sushi rice in it). I ordered the Kitsune Udon and perhaps I was starving, but oh it was heavenly.
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