Originally Posted by godwine (Post 755355)

1. Are you referring to the Pontocho along the Kamo river? I don't know of any shops along it, maybe you are thinking of some festivals? I don't recall anything like dotonbori in Kyoto, there are a lot of stores along the way to Kiyomizu Dera though
2. North west corner off the Umeda station. You can see it, just walk towards it
3. Izakaya is like a bar/pub, traditional japanese style, you can find the all over the place. Yakiniku is BBQ meat, Yakitori is BBQ chickent, just menu item at an izakaya
4. I need to look this up for you, i don't remember exactly, but you can look for it yourself.. its just the Nissin Instant Noodle museum
5. Where are you from? You need to order it from a local outlet and pick it up in japan.