Visiting Arashiyama & Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto

My travel buddies must have breakfast before they start each day. I stopped having breakfast after the 2nd day cause it is too early for me to eat anything. Hahaha! But here was a simple sandwich breakfast before we started the fulfilling day!

Exciting day cause we were visiting Arashiyama & Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto!!

We also bought tickets for The Saga Scenic Railway which runs seven kilometers from Arashiyama to nearby Kameoka, mostly alongside the pretty Hozu River. The trains travel at a maximum speeds of about 25 km/h during their 25 minute journey, so passengers can enjoy the scenery without it rushing by too quickly.
Cause we were in between seasons when we were there, the view wasn't fantastic. Asmo and Janice was there last year in Autumn and they saw beautiful leaves. Would definitely want to take this scenic railway again when I return during Cherry Blossoms period!
Arashiyama (嵐山) is a pleasant, touristy district in the western outskirts of Kyoto! After the train ride, we had to go walk through those bamboo forest! Mandatory tourist shots with the high bamboo trees and eat green tea ice cream.
Was saving my calories for this shot! :D

After Arashiyama, we headed to Fushimi Inari Shrine (伏見稲荷大社, Fushimi Inari Taisha) which is an important Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto. It is famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates, which straddle a network of trails behind its main buildings. The trails lead into the wooded forest of the sacred Mount Inari, which stands at 233 meters and belongs to the shrine grounds.