From the dorm you can take either the bus to Kyoto station or the train. The bus stop is right outside the dorm but the closest train station is Narutaki. On this day I took the train from Hanazono station because I had to go to Softbank to sort out something with my Japanese simcard. It was probably around a 20 minute walk ??? I wasn't sure since I was chatting with my friend on the way. From Hanazono station it takes about 15 minutes to get there but by bus it's 50 minutes!!
The price is fairly similar but you have to walk a bit to get to the station, I don't know the way there yet but hopefully I'll know which roads to take soon. Outside Kyoto Station there is Kyoto Avanti where they sell clothes and also there's Don qijote!!! I went there to get a few essentials since it's cheaper. After that I went to AEON mall which is to the right of Kyoto Avanti or you could ask for directions. There's more shopping you can do there and also from Kyoto Station you can easily get to Nishiki market which is like the equivalent of Tokyo's Asakusa/Tsukiji market :) I bought some cold Mitarashi Dango to share with my friend, it was so good!!!
The last picture I have up is the bus stop back to Utano dorm and it's at the exit of where Kyoto tower is.
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