A Quiet Kyoto Day Trip to Kifune Shrine 🇯🇵 | Birthplace of Ema

Together, we walked slowly into the quiet mountains north of Kyoto — to a hidden shrine where one of Japan's most familiar prayer traditions, the wooden ema plaque, was first born. 🌿 ─────────────────────── ⛩️ Kifune Shrine — birthplace of the ema (絵馬), Japan's iconic wooden prayer plaques 🔮 Mizu-ura Mikuji — paper fortunes that stay blank until floated on sacred water 🪜 The vermilion lantern stairs — one of Kyoto's most photographed scenes 🍃 Kawadoko café — matcha and sweets served right above the flowing river (summer only) 🍜 Gokukei — Ichijoji's famously rich tori-paitan ramen, one of Kyoto's most loved bowls ─────────────────────── 📍 Our route Demachiyanagi Sta. → Eizan Line → Kurama Sta. → Kurama-dera → over the mountain → Kifune Shrine → Yui-no-Yashiro → lunch at Kifune Kyōshiyō → Kawadoko café (Hyoue Cafe) → Eizan Line back to the city → late-afternoon ramen at Gokukei (Ichijoji) 💴 What it cost (in USD) • Eizan Line round trip: ~$5.86 • Water fortune (mizu-ura mikuji): ~$1.25 • Tonkatsu set at Kifune Kyōshiyō: ~$10.60 • Kawadoko café set: ~$14.40 • Gokukei ramen (Ichijoji): ~$6.24 ─────────────────────── Mr: I never knew ema were born here. Mrs: Me neither. A thousand years of wishes — all began in this quiet place. Mr: Makes you want to pause, and think about your own. ─────────────────────── ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:30 Heading to Kifune Shrine 1:15 The vermilion lantern stairs 2:30 Where ema were born 3:45 Floating our water fortune 5:30 Lunch at Kifune Kyōshiyō 7:30 Kawadoko café over the river 8:45 Walking back through the village 10:00 Eizan Line back to the city 11:20 Ichijoji ramen — Gokukei ─────────────────────── 💬 Have you ever written an ema (wooden prayer plaque) at a shrine? What did you wish for? 🌿 ─────────────────────── 🇯🇵 Welcome to Mr & Mrs Japan! We're a Japanese couple living in Osaka, sharing our real everyday life with you. New videos every week ✨ ─────────────────────── 🎵 Music: Original ─────────────────────── #JapanVlog #Japan #SlowLivingJapan #CozyJapan #JapanDailyLife #LifeInJapan #Kyoto #KifuneShrine #HiddenJapan #KyotoDayTrip #Kurama #Ema #KyotoVlog #Ramen #JapaneseTradition