thelifeofloui

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Anyway, we left Kyoto on monday morning by train. The ride took about 2 h and 30 min.

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The train ride was not that boring. Me and Sofia listen to music and looked out at the beautiful scenery.

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When we arrived we were very excited. The little city was adorable with small souvenir shops and cafés and restaurant along the small japanesque streets. And the snow made it even better.

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We easily found the ryokan (Japanese inn) that we were gonna stay at and got our room. And the room was... amazing. Typical Japanese with tatami floor and all...and a TV :D YAY!

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After settling down a bit we got help with how to wear the yukata (sort of a kimono that you wore to show that you stayed at the ryokan) and then we went to the first onsen (hot spring). In Kinosaki there's 7 different onsens you can visit.

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We went first to a Onsen kalled Jizou no Yu. It was very nice but it was almost too hot for us xD The old japanese grannies were tougher than us... Ah well. After that we went back to the ryokan for dinner. We would eat dinner in our room and oh my god....there was so much food! It's crab season so...yeah...guess what was on the menu? Yes, crab. In like 7 shapes and sizes.

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After that huge dinner, we went to another Onsen. This one was the smallest but it was very cosy and had a nice atmosphere. After that we returned back to the ryokan and almost immediately went to sleep on our thick, soft futons.

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After a good night sleep and a big breakfast the next morning, we walked to the 3rd Onsen. But when we arrived we realized that it was closed for the day (fail) and had to go to another one. But we didn't really mind that, now we just got a chance to see the town a bit more.

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After that Onsen....we went to another one xD Haha! Then we bought lunch and snacks back to our room. I bought my favourite snacks: Fanta grape and chocolate mushrooms. Then we had to rest. It's so tiresome to relax so much...

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Then we went to 2 more Onsens. After that it was dinner time again. And once again, we got a mountain of food.

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Then after dinner we just stayed in the room, chillin' and watched some TV. Then we went to sleep again.

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The next morning we had (again) a huge breakfast and after that Dena decided to go to the last Onsen alone while me and Sofia stayed in the room.

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We checked out at 10:00 and at 10:30 we sat on the train back to Kyoto.

This was such a great vacation and I HAVE to go back to Kinosaki later in life. It was AWESOME!