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Day 5: Lake Chuzen and Kegon Falls
... on the falls, a rainbow formed in the midst of the tumbling water. The scene was like something from a dream. Just gorgeous. The only disappointment was we were about 2 weeks late for the peak of the autumn colours in the area. The leaves on the trees surrounding the falls have already fallen off. But no big deal, we still got some great shots of the protagonist, the fall itself. On our way back up the elevators we got stuck in between a tour group of retired old ...
Day 4: Nikko - Temples and Shrines
... good. Probably more me than bon though cause she only drank 2 shots and left the rest for me. Let's see, for dinner we were debating between walking to the near by corner store for a nuked meal or do a 30 min trek through the shivering cold to eat at a recommended yakitori restaurant. Our heads told us to hit up the 7-11 but our stomachs told us to go for the delicious chicken skewers. Being the fattys we are, we set out for Hipparitako. The yakitori and meat ball skewers ...
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
... br>
The temples and pagodas in Nikko were indeed more elaborate than most of those we had seen in Kyoto and area and were allowing me to fill in some blanks on at least a small piece of Japanese history- the first dude to unite most of Japan's feudal kingdoms was the patriarch of the Toyotomi clan, and was based in Osaka (in the oft destroyed 'indestructible' castle) with temples in the Kyoto area. His son and heir was only five years ...
Day trip to Nikko
... was significantly cooler and less humid than Tokyo, which was much appreciated given the hot stickiness of the last few days.
First I took the bus from Nikko station (which resembled a Swiss ski lodge) up to lake Chuzenji. The lake was stunning, set against the backdrop of beautiful mountains.
I took the opportunity to visit the Kegon waterfall. I took an elevator (which went straight down through the mountain) to the base of the waterfall where ...
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