The Backpack Adventures

Located in Kyoto City in Kyoto Prefecture, Nijo Castle  ( 二条城 ) is one of the most famous landmarks of Kyoto City. As of this writing, this castle already has more than 23,000 reviews on Google Maps plus more than 130 thousand photos from thousands of tourists who visited it.  Nijo Castle  ( 二条城 ) I have been lucky to have visited Nijo Castle twice already. The first was last 2018 and the latest was during the 2nd day of our 2019 Japan trip . During our first visit, my wife, daughter, and I only managed to visit the Ninomaru Palace and parts of the Ninomaru Garden as we were set to meet a friend that day. During our second visit, we were joined by my parents and siblings, and this time we aimed to explore more of the castle grounds.  Nijo Castle - Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture I learned from the first visit that Nijo Castle can get very crowded easily and there is a usual line at its ticket booth, so to address this, we preordered our tickets via Klook and was lucky enough to

Day 2 December 20, 2019 Exploring Kyoto 1 A pleasant morning from Kyoto City! I woke up quite early today because I have to go to Kyoto Station to pick up my sister who's traveling from Nagoya City to Kyoto City to join us for our adventures.  It's Aya's first time to ride a Shinkansen! Welcome to Kyoto Aya! Bought our Kyoto City Bus One-Day Pass We had our breakfast before heading out to our first destination. When she arrived, we headed to the bus terminal area to avail of the Kyoto City Bus and Kyoto Bus one-day Pass (Y600 Adults, Y300 kids) for our family's adventure today. However, before that, we first headed back to our Air BnB residence to eat breakfast and prepare our things for the said adventure today.  We rode the bus to Nijo Castle . Arrived at Nijo Castle's main entrance Nijo Castle Ella at Nijo Castle grounds Team Nicerio exploring Nijo Castle grounds We tried the ice cream at Green Style Cafe inside Nijo Castle grounds. We left our residenc