Day 9: Kyoto to Osaka

Day 8 and our last day in Kyoto! Strangely, time has passed by relatively slow for us when we’re on vacation. Though it’s just been a little over eight days, it seems like we’ve spent months staying at our ‘home’ at Mitsui Garden Hotel. We spent the last early morning hours in Kyoto taking a walk around the Karasuma Train Station area, scrounging around for breakfast, before checking out mid-morning for our 90 minute journey to Osaka.

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Stumbled upon a delightful little bakery and cafe called "Bread's Court" located at the basement of Karasuma Station.
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Breakfast was delightful, though an elderdy local sat next to Ling and made her feel a little uneasy the way he was looking at what we were having!
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Several pastry items, coffee for Ling, tea for me - for about 900円.
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Several hours later at about 11:30 AM, and several train platform transfers, we finally reached Osaka.
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Our hotel, and believe it or not, a Christian hotel with a church built into the building even. This hotel is located right beside the Tanimachi 4-chome station along the Chuo train line.