Rindoko Royal Nasushiobara
4449-2 Takakuhei Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, Kanto, 325-0302, Japan
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Temples, a waterfall and an earthquake in Nikko
... hot and cold drinks. The cold ones are water, sportsdrink, soda, ice tea, juice etc. The hot ones are the interesting ones: coffee in a can, hot chocolate milk, hot tea in a can, corn soup and I've even seen hot apple and orange juice!!!! And so it is very tempting to stop at every machines to see what's inside. And there are many vending machines, according to Wikipedia one for every 23 japanese citizens!!!
Well, next time a bit about Kyoto...
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Nikko: Buddhism & Bangs!
Hot on the heels of our Sumo museum visit, we skillfully navigated the Tokyo Metro as we headed to the nearest Japan Rail office. Once there we were able to activate our 14 day train pass giving us a free reign to explore Japan. We promptly jumped on the train and with a couple of changes we arrived in mountainous Nikko, 2.5 hours north of Tokyo.
Our accommodation was an easy find, but no sooner had we turned out of the station we were ...
Mountains and Shrines
Our arrival in Nikko on Thursday night was greeted by a welcome drop in temperature and humidity from the swelter in Tokyo, along with a relative darkness as the power saving measures in Nikko are much more noticeable than in Tokyo. Many of the station lights and street lights and other unnecessary signage were off, giving the place more of a country village feel even in the main centre. We took a taxi to the ...
Nikko Park Lodge, Nikko
Next in turn was World Heritage Site Nikko, which was 2 hours train journey from Tokyo. We chose to stay at Nikko Park Lodge which was recommended (and in our opinion overrated) by Lonely planet.
As we arrived at the Nikko station we bumped into a couple who were as lost as we were and we found that they, Jason & Caroline, were from Canada and staying at the same place as we! (there ...
Theme Park Edo
... been reconstructed and populated with actors dressed in period costumes. There were shops selling Edo-themed souvenirs, games, shows, and a few half-hearted attempts at history lessons, so you could feel good about taking your kids to something educational, I suppose.
Visitors to the park were invited to get into the act by renting costumes, and children could participate by doing one of three "town jobs". I didn't see many visitors in costume, I think ...



