Hotel Tokugawa Nikko
2204 Nikko Nikko, Tochigi, Kanto, 321-1415, Japan
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Temples, a waterfall and an earthquake in Nikko
... and one covering its mouth. Another had a huge painting of a dragon on the ceiling and very nice acoustics. If you clapped two wooden logs together it only had a really long and impressive echo if you did it right under the dragon's mouth (the 'roaring' of the dragon).
In Nikko I also experienced my first earthquake ever! The wall of the hostel were shaking mildly for about 2 seconds and then it was over. Apparently they still have mild ...
Nikko: Buddhism & Bangs!
... a friendly local with directions to offer. The lodge is run by English-speaking Zen Buddhist monks; we were greeted however by a Japanese guy who lives in London, but came over to help out the tourist industry after the earthquake. He intended to stay one week, but is still here a month later. Given his bumbling manner and forgetfulness we feel a month might already seem too long a stay in the eyes of the monks! Unperturbed, we settled in for a ...
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
... or policewoman), or a warrior. After a short training session with the tools of their adopted trade, the kids were given tasks such as transporting a prisoner, or tracking down a hapless actor playing an enemy of the shogun and bludgeoning him into submission with their foam swords.
The warrior job was a bit curious to me. The warriors were supposed to be members of the Shinsengumi. The full story is a bit convoluted, but basically the Shinsengumi was ...
Excursions and Over-consumption
... an emerging fascination with the emails I had started sharing with the young lady who answered my ad for Dinner with a Stranger. Unfortunately she lived outside of the city so our dinner was going to have to wait until the rapidly approaching weekend. The delicate delivery of her words helped push this fascination toward excitement of meeting her face to face. We exchanged specifics and our meeting was set.
That night I notice a familiar name at the top of my ...



