Monday 20 July 2015

Kyoto Station and Kyoto Tower

Kyoto Station and Kyoto Tower - Not to miss Tourist Attraction in Kyoto | by Meheartseoul
Actually this whole week quite busy to plan the upcoming Lombok trip. I hope the tour agencies won't fed up with me as I try to squeeze all the tourist spots in 5 days. Let's see how... Ok, let me settle this long overdue Japan trip posting first while waiting for the reply.   

Nothing much about this posting. It's just random photos taken when we touring around the hotel to kill time at night and  while waiting for others in the morning...  
 
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Ready for night strolling?  
Please wear thicker cloths as it's a bit chilly in the evening. 

There are two sides of Kyoto Station: 
Karasuma (North) and Hachijo (South).

Kyoto Station served by Japan Railways including the Tokaido Shinkansen (bullet train), Haruka airport express train, Kintetsu Railways and the Karasuma Subway Line.

The main bus terminal for city and intercity buses is located on the busier side of Kyoto Station.  It faces downtown where many hotels, shopping areas and Kyoto Tower. 

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Lobby of Hotel Granvia is on the second floor of the transportation hub JR Kyoto Station. 

For shopping, you can go to Isetan Department Store, Porta Underground Shopping Mall, and The Cube Shopping Mall inside this station. There are wide range of restaurants inside this 15 floors buildings.

Other basic facilities such as Luggage storage and Takuhaibin (or Yamato Ta-Q-Bin in Singapore) counters are available in the basement of the station. Coin lockers are scattered all over the building.
  
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The Kyoto Station (京都駅) was constructed on the 1200th anniversary 
of the capital's foundation in Kyoto and opened to the public in 1997.

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Modern futuristic design with Matrix steel beamed roof
twisted tourists' image of Kyoto as the capital of ancient Japan. 


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This tallest building is the iconic landmark in Kyoto.

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It's standing 131 meters tall just opposite
Kyoto Station (view from Granvia Hotel).

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A viewing platform is located 100 meters above ground,
 and offers a 360 degree view of Kyoto to as far as Osaka on clear days.      

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Kyoto tower was completed in 1964, the same year as 
the opening of the Shinkansen  and Tokyo Olympics. 

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Kyoto Tower stands on top of a typical commercial building.
You can find hotel, restaurants, souvenir shops, as well as a public bath here.
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Busy selecting Totoro for my kiddos, 
and Japanese girl keychains for souvenirs.

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Curious Hubby went in to see popular Japanase arcade 
'Pachinko'. 

It resembles a vertical Pinball machine, but has no flippers and uses a large number of small balls. But, before crossing that orange color floor mat, he quickly detour because of super noisy and the unbearable cigarette smell! 

www.meheartseoul.blogspot.com | Kyoto Station and Kyoto Tower Next to Kyoto Tower is Kyoto Yodobashi. 
 
www.meheartseoul.blogspot.sg | Kyoto Station and Kyoto Tower This  IT megastore selling electronics, cameras, 
computers, gadgets and others accessories.

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I need to buy Memory card, because I left another camera at home.
Best... all the memory cards were inside that camera pouch!

So literally, we couldn't use our Samsung NX100 camera the whole day! So, need memory card urgently for the next 4 days!

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Target found! Memory cards with different types, sizes, capacity and brands
all displayed in the cashier counter.

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Toshiba SDHC memory card 32GB.


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Heol~! Hubby asked me to take his photos here!

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But seriously, there are 3 long rows of these toy ball vending machines
with maybe thousands of different types of toys!

There are other shops upstairs. Afraid that it might be raining again for the next few days, we bought umbrellas. Then bought snacks for kiddos, and Japanese fabrics before going back to hotel.

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Taxis with cute top lights (clover, moon, heart-shape,...).
Another Pachinko arcade opposite Granvia Hotel.