We decided to get an early start to the Fushimi-Inari Shrine and left at 7am. The train was packed with students, probably the most crowded train we dealt with on our trip. Luckily we only had to catch the train to the second stop so we weren't on there very long. We got to the shrine around 7:30 and there was already a small crowd there, but we could still take pictures without too many people in the way. We didn't realize how long this hike was but we spent about 3 hours here and make it up to the crossroads and back. We were pretty exhausted by the time we got back down lol... definitely wasn't prepared for it.. It was beautiful though. By the time we got back to the bottom the crowds of people were huge, so I'm glad we went early.
Everyone was taking pictures of this guy as he was walking up to one of the temples.
There were lots of food stand and little shops all around the shrine too.
After we got back to the hotel, showered and rested for a bit, we headed off to Kameoka City. This was one of the stops we had planned on for a while now because my wife's maiden name is Kameoka, so we definitely had to check out her city. It was about a 30 minute train ride from the Kyoto Station up north.
Kameoka was a beautiful city, there wasn't too many people around but there's a number of touristy things to do like boat rides and train rides, although we hadn't quite planned on doing those. Kameoka also has its own mascot! A turtle named Kamemaru! He's got his own facebook page too.
The people in this city seem nice I guess. An elderly lady on a bicycle stopped to tell me that she loved my tattoos. That was probably the last thing I expected to hear.
Our first stop in Kameoka was the Hawaiian Café Honu! Being from Hawaii we definitely had to go here and try out the food. It's a short walk from the Kameoka Station tucked away along the back of one of the streets. Everything on the menu looked so good it was hard to decided what to get... We ended up getting the spam musubi, loco moco, malasadas and French fries. Everything was super good and I definitely want to go back to this little café!
Train for Kameoka.
Kamemaru Akechi
From Kameoka Station to the Hawaiian café.
Next we stopped by a Seiyu just to check it out and then headed down to a lake which was like half of a moat for a castle that stood on the hill at one point. The water was quite overgrown with vegetation and there was a good amount of trash in the water. There was also a lot of noise coming from the water, there was lots of splashing and this weird popping noise. I suspect it was turtles but I couldn't see many of them.
We got back to the hotel and rested a bit before heading back out to the Fushimi-Inari Shrine again for a night hike! I'm glad we got to see the shrine early in the morning when it wasn't crowded but I heard that going at night is just as beautiful so we decided to go again once it got dark to see what it's like.
The shrine is just as beautiful at night but also kinda creepy too. We went around 7pm, and there was a lot of people around the base of the shrine but as we hiked up, we encountered less and less people. some sections we could walk for 5 minutes at a time without seeing anyone. The lights are bright up there but they're few and far between. Just enough lighting that it's not too dangerous. We didn't even make it to the crossroads this time, too tried from before plus it was getting creepy.
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