Kyoto station is one of my favorites. It is awesomely tall. In 2016, I didn’t explore it as much as I wanted to.
One side of Kyoto station goes all the way up. I didn’t know, so I didn’t go up all the way. I later find out it goes up to even go outside on top!!!
It can be decieving if you don’t know.
At the halfway point, there is a theatre!
Going even further up, is the Sky Garden
We took the went to the Shinsaibashi station to jump on the Midosuji subway line headed for Umeda station (Umeda station serves the local subway lines).
Umeda station is an interchange station with JR’s Osaka station. These are next to each other and within walking distance.
From Osaka Station, we boarded the Limited Express Thunderbird bound for JR Kyoto Station.
KYOTO STATION IS HUGE!!!! It is gorgeous!!! It is super cool. Huge shopping complex. Kyoto is known to have 100s of Shrines and Temples. Jasmin chose some pretty good ones. The funny thing is that we didn’t use the JR or trains this day. We got a one day bus pass and went from there.
Kyoto City Bus pass. Then the intense map showing the different routes, the different ways to get there (train or bus) and the stops themselves. The map is intensely busy. Should have bought the subway and train pass as later we would use both.
*quick note – we did not see the train depot or Escalator mountain. We only used the bus on this day.
We checked out a few Temples and shrines.