Kyushu 2023 - Arriving at Dazaifu and Tea House Snacks

It was getting more and more crowded at Dazaifu main street leading to the temple, and I though it would be wise to get our free snacks first before the crowd get too much for me. We went to the nearest snack shop to redeem our free snack. The shop itself was sooooo pretty!

The free snack was a mochi red bean cake, and you get two per ticket. So we ate one at the start of our trip, and another one before we leave the place. Clumsy me actually dropped mine on the floor when the lady handed it to me. I was shocked, but somehow it was also a deja vu moment. The shop lady kindly gave me a replacement snack for free. And this is why I love Japan!

Found a Miffy shop at the main road too. I love looking inside, but somehow everything is always too expensive for me. I just can't bare to spend that kinda money to buy these cute things.

As the crowded headed to the main temple seems to build up, I didn't really feel like heading there after all. I don't really do well in crowds. So not knowing where to head to, we just decided to head the opposite directly of the crowd. We ended up in a more quiet garden, and living area of the nearby residence. Sneaking a look at their garden, we found oranges on trees! 

The space was also quite empty, with smaller temple here and there. 

But what was super lovely were the old tress found around the place! Almost magical! Lucky for me, it was also a good day for photo taking, with the beautiful sky behind. It was such a lovely spring day!

Here's a photo of me with all the greens and nobody around me! Lol. Love it!

We found a small tea house, and for some reason, I really wanted to try amazake. So we went in, and spend around 7sgd on a tea set each that came with a snack, a pickle, hot amazake which was the most delicious one I've ever drank in Japan, and a cup of clear tea to wash it all down or clean your palate.

For some reason, I really love this tea house experience. It was quite with no one around. The amazake and snack was delicious, and the whole place was just so pretty. The trees outside was green, and the beautiful sun light just shinning in to warm the room. Perfect start for a lovely day, away from all the mad crowd!

After a nice stop, we continue on our walk into the road, lol. Yes the road, that according to my map, leads to Kyoto Museum. Along the way, we saw some Jizo and paid our respect for smooth journey :)