Day trip to Ohara

Don't ask me how we ended up here. I, at first, thought that we were going hiking somewhere up the mountain to the north of where my house is. But the place turned out to be full of shops along the street - no signs of 'hiking' route at all. I was told later that the hiking trip to 'Kurama' has changed to a trip to 'Ohara' instead. But oh well, either way, I still get to go see the places I have not yet seen anyways. So it was alright :) Let's go through the day with pictures....

P'Ploysai at one of the shops along the route.

Famous 'Ponzu' shop

Danko store by Sanzen-in temple entrance
nice twisting pine trees
in Sanzen-in Temple, one of the world heritage temples in Kyoto
beautiful yellow and red leaves - good sign for Autumn
Sanzen-in Temple
Tea break
Do you have any idea what it is? (Answer: hint is on the upper right hand corner!)
Ohara Onsen (hot spring bath), our last stop in Ohara
"Look! Who's waiting?!?!" (before leaving onsen)
Look (again)!!! Ple's stealing oranges!!!! =P


We closed our day by celebrating my little sister's birthday at a Karaoke place! (Jill didn't join us for Ohara today). We sang after a full meal at Katsukura, the famous tonkatsu place in Kyoto. So full and very อึดอัด มากๆ. Above is the picture of our former TK (aka Triumph Kingdom) <-- 'former' because Jill decided to leave Ple for her solo debut! haha. =P

Trip members (total of 16+2):
Osaka- Ple, Ae, Poy, pArt and Nont
Kyoto Yoshida - pNha, Mai, nPle
Kyoto Katsura - Nott, Aye~, pGolf, pPloy, pYai and Por (Yam's brother and his gf)
Kyoto Uji - nLar+, Nong' (and we lost Kie~ and Tuk~ along the way.. oops..)