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Day 5: Lake Chuzen and Kegon Falls
... what had just happened, everyone in the elevator broke out in laugher. I looked at Bon and said, "I would have left you behind too." I kept laughing but Bon didn't find it so funny anymore. We took a little break at a nearby cafe and had some coffee, tea and light snacks. We weren't hungry or thirsty but the warmth was what we were really seeking out. It was much needed. The cafe was run by 3 old ladies who did not speak a squat of English but they were all super ...
Day 4: Nikko - Temples and Shrines
... queue. After a short search we came across one that was packed with locals. They didn't have a english name on the store sign but luckily they had an English menu with lots of pictures. We looked at what other people were ordering and it seemed like the lunch sets that offered the choice of any 2 dishes in smaller portions was the most popular choice. Boy this meal did not disappoint. My choices were a bowl of udon with yuba (tofu skin) and deep fried pork cutlet with ...
The real Shogun
... Leyasu . The rein lasted 250 years from the early 1600s to 1868. The shrine was constructed under the direction of his grandson after Grandpa's death. It's the most opulent shrine in Japan, taking 15,000 folks 2 years to construct. 13,000 Japanese cedar still remain of the original planting in the 1600s surrounding the shrine. What magnificent old growth trees!
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Japan On Ice
... be spared from evil, and the theme was chosen here in the ancient belief that the monkeys would protect the horses from disease.
The population of Nikko is only 90,000 so I'm not sure how a professional hockey team ended up here (vs nearby Greater Tokyo Area with 35.7 million+ people) but they were playing out of a reasonably modern facility and seemed to have quite a presence in town. Apparently Westerners don't often make this ...
Day trip to Nikko
Today I took another day trip out from Tokyo to Nikko, in the mountains about 2 hours north of Tokyo.
Today was also my first ride on the Shinkansen, Japan's famous bullet trains which are known for their punctuality. They weren't wrong, the train left at the exact time (literally to the second!) and arrived when it said it would. Super convenient! British train companies, take note!
The first thing I noticed when I got to Nikko was the ...
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