Hotel New Sakura Nikko
1060 Kinugawa Onsen Ohara Nikko, Tochigi, Kanto, 321-2522, Japan
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Temples, a waterfall and an earthquake in Nikko
... around there because there were also signs saying that you should not feed the monkeys. Unfortunately I didn't see any other monkeys...
I found out the next day that all the positive stories about the temples in Nikko were true. All looked amazing, with lots of colors, beautiful statues and decorated gates. One shrine had three sacred horses and wood carvings of the three famous monkeys: one with the hand in front of its eyes, one in front of ...
Nikko: Buddhism & Bangs!
... tips from the lodge we headed out. First tip: try the 100m slide around the corner. We can both recommend this as an excellent way to start the day! From here we walked to Nikko's picturesque antique red bridge. Like most people, we dodged the 300Yen fee and took pictures from close by.
Next was the main attraction of the day which seemed to draw tour-buses in by the, er, busload: the Rinno-Ji temple and surrounding shrines. Founded by ...
Mountains and Shrines
... producing an amazing A4 sized work in about 10 minutes. I ended up buying one for myself. Apparently the Japanese are only just starting to return to Nikko in numbers, but foreign visitors are still well down. The town is about 100km from the nuclear plant, but radiation levels here are normal and minimal - I would have had a very much higher dose flying to Japan than the days I spent here. In the afternoon I had a pleasant ...
Theme Park Edo
... may have been a bit over-priced. The ticket to the park alone was a crazy 4500 yen. It would have been cool if the ticket included costume rental. In fact, if I ever open my own historical theme park, I'll include cheap costumes in the price of admission so everyone is dressed-up.
The kids' activities did include a free costume rental, and I throughout the day I saw mobs of kids running around doing their "jobs". Children could chose to be a ninja, ...
Temple-tastic
... majesty of what lay before me, but that would be stepping into hyperbolic territory. But I did feel an intriguing tranquility when I knelt on a tatami mat in a prayer room and closed my eyes. It was such a clam place that relaxation crept through my body... And the Toshogu Shrine looking down over Rinnoji was the cherry on top, complete with eerily lifelike shogunate figures guarding the entrance.
I continued up to the Futurasan Shrine, which ...



