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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
... queue. After a short search we came across one that was packed with locals. They didn't have a english name on the store sign but luckily they had an English menu with lots of pictures. We looked at what other people were ordering and it seemed like the lunch sets that offered the choice of any 2 dishes in smaller portions was the most popular choice. Boy this meal did not disappoint. My choices were a bowl of udon with yuba (tofu skin) and deep fried pork cutlet with ...
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
... 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 ...
Temples and Spirits in Nikko
... be inside your room as soon as it even thinks about rising. So the temples were very quiet and apart from one of the main ones I often had them all to myself. They were beautifully decorated both inside and out and were situated in the middle of an equally beautiful forest.
Behind one of the temples I found two shy deer. In another I was shown the roaring tiger or lion. I’m pretty sure it was called the roaring something anyway. It was a monk clapping ...
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