Pyramid Onsen
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Day 5: Lake Chuzen and Kegon Falls
... night. Boooo so disappointing. In the end it wasn't all so bad. We had lots of time of time on our hands before our train so we wandered the posh streets of the Ginza district in Tokyo. Every block was lined with fancy restaurants and cafes. Store after store we peered in the glass windows, looked at menus and display cases of plastic mock dishes and finally settled on a Japanese Italian restaurant. We were intrigued by the Japanese style spaghetti, sauce and ...
Day 4: Nikko - Temples and Shrines
... on the side of the platform while sitting on our suitcases. Even the sandwiches were killer. One side was grilled chicken and tomatoes and the other tuna and eggs. I had a nice hot coffee in a bottle to go with it. Other than imprinting my buttocks into the face of my suitcase it was a perfect meal. Alright time to get off the train....will continue this later. Hey guys we're back with more to share. Just relaxing now on the tatami floor of our traditional ...
The real Shogun
... textured steam bun the size of a baseball with finely chopped lightly seasoned minced meat at its core.
Our 13 hour day ended with return to hotel at 8:30 PM. Jet lag is proving a little troublesome, but I'm intentionally not napping on the train to help get the old internal time clock readjusted to the flip-flop day is night and night is day.
Ciao!
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Japan On Ice
As a bleeding-from-the-eyes, die-hard Canadian hockey fanatic, you probably wouldn't lie awake at night dreading the next encounter with the Japanese National Ice Hockey Team, but we were somewhat surprised to learn that Japan has 4 teams in the Asian Ice Hockey League. One of these teams is the Nikko Icebucks, and, since Nikko is also home to some of the finest temples in all of Japan, watching a hockey game in Japan became a must-do as we wandered ...
Day trip to Nikko
... It's an area of Tokyo that is popular with Otaku (geeks) and is also where you will find the famous "Maid Cafes". There were many Japanese girls dressed in maid outfits stood out on the street, handing out flyers and trying to convince you to come into their cafe. To be honest, it was a little bit weird.
After dinner in Akihabara, I finally returned to my hostel to get a good nights sleep in preparation for my last (and very busy) day in Tokyo.
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