Nikko Kanaya Hotel
1300, Kami-Hatsuishi-machi Nikko, Tochigi, Kanto, 321-1401, Japan
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Nikko!
Today we arose around 9 to go to the historic Word Heritage site of Nikko, about 2 hours north of Tokyo. We bought the World Heritage Pass, which I would recommend. For about $35 per person, you get round trip train tickets from Asakusa station in Tokyo, entrance to three Temples in Nikko, and limited use of the Nikko bus system. We didn't get up …
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Temples, a waterfall and an earthquake in Nikko
... two weeks or so.
And as promised a small bit about japanese vending machines. Those things sell everything. From newspapers, to coffee, to haagen dazs ice cream, to beer, cigarettes and also the normal sodas and water. I'm told some even sell hot meals. For the cigarette vending machine, you need some kind of coin proving you are 20+, but you can just buy beer from a machines without a problem. A bit weird to be honest. Most vending machines ...
Nikko: Buddhism & Bangs!
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A small hike later we were back near our hostel at the Nikko Woodcarving Center which was pretty cool. Amy was quite taken with the maple-leaf designed objects. Nikko by the way is full of maple-leaves turning an autumnal red in parts. To fit in we have been ordering french toast with maple syrup for breakfast...
After that we were on our way to hunt out Kirifuri Falls. It was 30 minutes up from the Woodcarving we were told, ...
Mountains and Shrines
... a free question of their choosing. They would jot down the answers and give an origami gift of thanks at the end. Some in the group went through this many times! We eventually made our way to a less visited shrine that was much more peaceful! We had a hearty lunch (a soup with boiled chicken and Udon noodles for me) before heading into the main town. We went to a shop were a lady paints dragon pictures and gave us ...
Theme Park Edo
... outlaw. Or maybe the book I read was completely off-base... Anyway, enough of my half-baked history lesson. Now you can have your children read this blog and feel good they are doing something educational.
Back on track... Because of scheduling conflicts, my friend and I had no choice but to come to the park on what is arguably Japan's busiest holiday weekend. On the one hand, it was nice to have other people around livening the place up, but on the ...



