set off at ard 1.15pm to  廬山寺 for 節分 (the close of winter-ceremony)! Japanese people believed bad vibes (ogre) come up on turn of the year. So this is a traditional event to drive away evil spirits and bring in good fortune. Some pictures on the way~~

廬山寺 was packed with ppl when we reached there! Sooooo many ppl!! Alot of tourist there and ppl queuing up for the purified Oni to pray for their health~~ 

Took some pictures ard 廬山寺 while the Oni was busy doing the praying for ppl...

Since we need to wait for another half n hr b4 they continue the ceremony, we decided to go to another shrine nearby which is famous for its water! one of the most delicious water lol! here is the place~ i emptied my bottle n filled in the water~ but i couldnt tell the difference actually lol!

we went back to 廬山寺 after n it gets more crowded!! so hard to take pictures of the Oni!! >< There's 3 Oni which represents earthly desires and each Oni (different colour) have different meaning. Red is covetousness, Green is anger and Black is complaint~

it took them ages to finish the ceremony....i was getting bored in the end coz it was so crowded n i couldnt see anything properly = =....me n eonni started planning where to go after~ n just when we gave up taking pictures of the Oni....the ceremony ended! n we finally get to take picture of the Oni (not just the back)!!!! LOL!!! 

well, FINALLY we get to move on after being in 廬山寺 for abt 2 hrs!!!! soooo hungry!!! some of the students went back to the school some stayed back for late lunch/early dinner~ wanted to have ramen but the shop only serve at 6pm so we went to this 中華料理~ the food was alright~ not too bad~

after finish 'charging' some of us decided to go to 祇園 coz is a good place to go at night~ it is kyoto's most famous geisha district where geisha and maiko entertain!!! n i really wanted to eat the parfait i saw the other day lol! we took the bus n walked along 花見小路 (the street and its side alleys are lined with preserved machiya houses many of which now function as restaurants, serving Kyoto style 懐石料理 (Japanese haute cuisine) and other types of local and international meals). 

wanted to take more pics but iPhone ran out of batt!!! >< definitely will come back again!!!! anyway, bcoz it was freezing cold we went to 居煎堂 for desserts!!! :D here's my dessert~ finally! my parfait! XD

actually eonni took the pic for me n sent it to me lol~ after the great dessert, we took the bus back home~ another great friday night~ : )