We went to the Camellia Flower Teahouse in the Higashiyama district for a tea ceremony. We drank matcha tea with wagashi (traditional sweets).

For dinner, we did not want to end up far from the hotel (it had been a long day), and we decided to try Okonomiyaki at Okonomiyaki Manmaru No Tsuki. We had some appetizers and some cold beers with it.

After taking our time waking up and having a good breakfast at the hotel, we went to (re)visit Nishiki Market. This time, we were there earlier in the day, so more shops were open, and we had more time to look around.

We made our way to the Gion district and walked around. Due to our lack of prior preparation and study of the area and map, we may have skipped a lot of it.

A good friend saw on Facebook that we were in Japan, and specifically, in Kyoto. He asked if we had taken a Sake Tasting class. We had not, but he convinced us to, and so we booked a Sake Tasting class at Kyoto Insider Sake Experience.

We started the morning with breakfast at the hotel and planned to visit Kiyomizu-dera next. We figured out we had been here the previous day, without realizing it until now.

A visit to Ginkaku-ji, officially named Jishō-ji, is a Zen temple in the Sakyo ward of Kyoto, Japan.

The Philosopher's Walk, also known as the Philosopher's Path, starts right outside the entrance to Ginkaku-ji and runs between it and Nanzen-ji, another Buddhist temple, with other temples and shrines in between. The walk, named after two 20th-century Japanese philosophers, follows an irrigation channel lined with cherry trees (not in bloom when we were there) and takes between 30 and 45 minutes to complete.

We took a taxi from Ginkaku-ji to Nijō Castle. There are fees for the main palace and grounds; separate fees apply if you also wish to see the Ninomaru Palace, and another fee to see the Honmaru-goten Palace (limited, same-day ticket).

After visiting Nijo Castle, we decided to walk back to our hotel (less than a mile away) and grab a late lunch (around 2 PM) along the way. We almost didn't make it until we were very close to the hotel, where we found 701 TARESOBA KYOTO.