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Day 5: Lake Chuzen and Kegon Falls
... on board kept ooing and ahhing throughout the entire ride. "See-goy" that's what they kept saying. My best guess is it probably means wow or awesome or may be it meant look at that scared little Canadian boy pee himself. The best word to describe the last couple of days is probably bone-chilling. We got fooled by the temperatures in Tokyo and thought since Nikko is only a couple of hours away the weather should be similar. Maybe mid 20's during the day and 10ish ...
Day 4: Nikko - Temples and Shrines
... after all that food we devoured in Tokyo. We are definitely going to miss Tokyo but we are looking forward to the change from a backdrop of skyscrapers and hoards of suit clad business men and women running from one direction to another to a more quiet setting of trees, trails, mountains and nature. Our early start at the fish market yesterday kinda messed up our time clocks again. Last night we were both out cold at 6 pm and slept right through our dinner reservations ...
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
... game with the Icebucks hanging on for a 1-0 win. The team we were playing was from Fukushima (yes, that Fukushima) but after a quick Geiger counter scan, they were good to go. There was even a fight with one of the Canadians (shocking) trying to get the fists going with a very reluctant Japanese player- it was kind of a bizarre spectacle and put me in mind of the unique hockey fighting style of Peter B who had the strange and ...
Day trip to Nikko
... heard one tour guide mention "Takarakuji" which means the lottery"). They were all super expensive so it seemed like a bit of a con to me.
After lunch by the lake, I took the bus down some very twisty mountain roads (think of the final scene from the Italian Job, yikes!) back to central Nikko to visit Nikko's famous shrines and temples (including the tomb of the former Shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu). The temple area was huge and packed with tourists (clearly ...
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