Lake Chuzenji Nikko

Mt. Nantai area, Nikko , Tochigi, Kanto, Japan
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    Natural Nikko

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    Arrived at the Nikko train station amid a flood of rain and caught our first taxi to the Narusawa lodge. We were greeted by the amazing Yuji, the lodge owner. He has been very helpful, arranging restaurant bookings and helping us make plans. He even took Jono to the coin laundry to dry his clothes. Since we were only spending two nights in Nikko we …

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    Japan

    ... . It is rather cold up here with some ice and snow around. We went to the temples (a world heritage site) one day and Lake Chuzenji yesterday. The temples were a mixture of Buddhist (so similar to those in Thailand) and Shinto. The lake was very ...

  • 2

    You travel like a Japanese!

    ... had been to go for a hike - well, I abandoned that before I had even left the house, but thought I might go and check out lake Chuzenji in the mountains anyway. And I was lucky since the rain stopped and the sun came out around noon - and the trees at ...

  • 3

    Our First Anniversary (you may all now gag)

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    ... warmed me up a bit. It had started getting cool in Nanasato, where we live, but it was much cooler in Nikko and just plain cold in Lake Chuzenji. We awoke to full sunshine glittering off the lake, and headed out to see Kegon Falls, which is one of ...

  • 4

    Lake Chuzenji & Yumoto Hot Springs

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    ... about half of our time NW of town, much higher, closer to the mountains on a high plateau. There is a large lake, Chuzenji, the highest natural lake in Japan, at 1269 meters (4,124 ft). Yumoto is a bit higher yet. This may not sound like much, until you ...

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    Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil, See no Evil

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    ... some pictures out of the bus window, but I wasn't incredibly successful. Oh well. There isn't too much to say about Lake Chuzenji except that it was incredibly beautiful! It was formed from a volcano so it's surrounded by mountains and we could ...

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    Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil

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    ... carvings there is the "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" monkeys. Speaking of monkeys, on the bus ride to Lake Chuzenji I spotted two wild monkeys--I was so excited! (I've never seen monkeys in the wild before, and this is apparently not the ...

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    Kegon Fall

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    ... (奥日光) in Tochigi Prefecture. Kegon waterfall is 97m(326 ft.) high, and 7m width. Water come from Lake Chuzenji (中禅寺湖), and a mount of water falls 2 tons per second. It sometimes increases tremendously ...

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    Nikko Toshogu Shrine

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    ... includes Toshogu Shrine, Futarasan Shrine, Rinnohji Temple, Lake Chuzenji, Mt.Nantai, and etc. I didn't go up to Lake Chuzenji of Inner Nikko (Oku-Nikko), but if you are a nature lover, you may like the lake. Especially, 97-meter-high Kegon Waterfall is ...