We're at the Randen tram station
And they've got a kimono forest
Look at this one, it's got skeletons on
It's hard to pick a favourite!
I quite like this one
A pretty colourful kimono to wear
I'm now filled with peace
And happiness
Matcha ice cream
Half eaten
Gudetama!
It's a Gudetama stamp rally
"Stamp rally"
So let's do it!
You get this leaflet
And you can collect 4 stamps
At the moment we're at the Randen station
So it's this one
Here's the stamp
It's Gudetama!
But I can't read enough Japanese to know where the other ones are!
One for the stamp rally, also at the station
I'm not sure which number it's supposed to be
So I'm just going to go for number 1
Because we're not on the first floor or the second floor
Gudetama!
But where is
The big Gudetama bum?
This is the Randen station
It's also called the Keifuku Electric Railway
And we're going from here to Kinkakuji
Once we get there it's about a mile walk to get there
We just got to Kinkakuji
We didn't do much filming on the way
Because it's raining a bit
It's easing off now
Here's my ticket
It's pretty cool
Look at this stamp, it looks like a maze
We've just come in the entrance
And it's right there
And - wow!
It looks just like a model
That's where we came in over there
Look at everybody trying to get pictures
Look how nice it looks in winter
Here's the back
It's really shining in the light
See the cute bonsai!
It's actually pretty loud with everybody shouting over there
They should have some music on or something
This is probably the number 1 big sight to come and see in Kyoto
And to be honest
I wasn't that bothered about coming here
Because I'd seen it in pictures so many times
But I'm glad we did
Because it looks really impressive
And shining
And it looks really good against the backdrop of all the greenery
Can you see the fish?
And look at all the ripples on the pond from the raindrops
In the 50s there was a monk who was so obsessed with Kinkakuji
That he burnt it down!
And it was completely rebuilt
In the new version they had the gold going further down than the original
Got my Fanta Grape!
It's the best!
Look the bus is giving us a cheeky wink
We've come out for dinner
I think it's a kushiyaki restaurant
I'm not quite sure
It's mainly fried things on sticks!
In panko breadcrumbs
I think that's kushiyaki
I've picked some vegetable ones
I've got...
Onion
This is aubergine in miso
Asparagus
This one is cheese risotto
And sweetcorn
I got some edamame
I've eaten most of them already
And Phil got a seafood fish course
Which was a set meal with several different things in
That came with a mini udon
And a salad
We ate that already as well
This is where you put your sauce
Here are the sauces on the table
This one is called "so-su"
This one's a dashi sauce
There's some spice in there
This is a drawer for your chopsticks
And toothpicks
And there's some shichimi as well
This stuff is really good
You can get it in england. It's quite spicy and I like having it on ramen.
And they gave us this drink when we came in
Which is cold
And it tastes like tea
I think it might be mugicha
But I'm not sure because I've never had that
It's cold barley tea
That you have in the summer
And I've got a shochu grapefruit
Grapefruit shochu
How's yours Phil?
Good!
I'm going to try mine now
Here's the menu for the kushiage
There's vegetables
Meat and fish
And specialities
And it tells you which sauce is recommended for each one
At the top there's set courses
I didn't film too much inside the restaurant
Because I could tell they wanted us to go
Because they were closing
It's 9:30
Which isn't that late compared to restaurants in the UK
But I've heard places in Kyoto close quite early
They weren't nasty or anything
They just subtly asked us if we wanted to pay
And because we were the last people
You could tell they wanted us to get out!
It was quite expensive compared to the other meals we've had
It was 4500 yen
Which is about £35
But it tasted really good
I liked the cheese risotto
And the vegetables tasted really good as well
The sauce was good
I think it's similar to okonomiyaki sauce
Or the Bulldog sauce you can buy in the UK