Shimofujiya Nasushiobara
11 Yumoto Shiobara Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, Kanto, 329-2922, 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
... 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 ...
Nikko Park Lodge, Nikko
... spending a couple of hours in the area we decided to try the nearby onsen for 400 yen. The onsen had a selfservice machine and no one checked the tickets. We were wondering if this was one of the many examples of japanese trustworthiness. As usually, the onsen had separated areas for men and women. We showered and entered the pool naked. The onsen had indoor and outdoor pool, of which outdoor pool ...
Theme Park Edo
... and thrown when the performers are still on stage...
The next show we went to was near the wax museum area. The museum contained wax scenes of what I assume were famous events in Edo period history. There was a warning on the map that the scenes may be too intense for children, but I didn't see anything particularly gruesome, just a few stabbings. There was one quirky house, which wasn't labeled on the map, that had been filled with rambunctious yokai, ...



