I just did the math, of the days we’ve been on this trip we’ve averaged 14,600 steps per day. The most we walked was 26,024 steps when we went to the bamboo forest on June 5th. At this point of the trip our feet were tiiireed. However, it was the last full day for the trip so we had to make it count. 

Generally this entire trip has been pretty freeform where we didn’t have any where specific to be at any given time. Today was a bit more structured as I bought us tickets to the Osaka aquarium for 11am a little bit more than a week ago and dinner reservations at Kani Doraku at 5:30pm, the restaurant with the giant crab on the front.

I think 2 nights in a ryokan is a perfect amount of time to relax and forget about the world outside you. We started packing up because the morning tends to be a little rushed with breakfast at 8 and check out at 10. The nakai san knocked on our door to let us know that breakfast was ready for us.

Yesterday was an awesome experience of just eating delicious food and soaking in the onsen so why wouldn’t we do it all over again today?! The first time we did a ryokan experience it was just for one night. We arrived later in the afternoon and it felt like we were rushed through the entire time we were there and didn’t get a chance to explore other areas of the town.

It’s moving day again! I feel like every time I leave a city and I want to stay longer, it means that we had a good time and there’s reason to come back in the future. Check out was at 11 and check in at the Morizuya Ryokan in Kinosaki Onsen was at 3. In looking at Google maps, if we left right at check out and caught the train out of Kyoto, we’ll arrive an hour before check in so we had some wiggle room.