Sunshine Kinugawa Nikko
1437-1 Kinugawa Onsen Ohara Nikko, Tochigi, Kanto, 321-2522, Japan
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Temples, a waterfall and an earthquake in Nikko
... Falls, one of the biggest waterfalls in Japan, with a height of 97 m. Oddly enough you can take an elevator down to the bottom, to feel the water droplets hit you face. Really impressive and rather cold....It is near a beautiful lake and a ropeway with a nice view of the falls. Riding the bus to the ropeway a really funny thing hapenned. We had to stop the bus, because there was a monkey sitting in the middle of the road. Apparently there are ...
Nikko: Buddhism & Bangs!
... despite the daytime sunshine) cozy evening with Japanese veggie curry, Kindle reading and free internet (hence the blogging and general catch up - CITY BEAT HUDDERSFIELD, get in!),
We were up early for breakfast and headed out to beat the crowds. Despite Nikko being virtually unknown outside of Japan it is a big tourist destination for the Japanese, especially on a Saturday on a bank holiday weekend (more on that later). Armed with a map ...
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
... 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 ...
Temple-tastic
... a string of ornate outer buildings including a five-storey pagoda other structures, ornately carved, coloured and leafed with gold. It was like stepping into a tourist office photo. Since all the information was in Japanese I cannot expound too much on the purpose of each of the buildings I saw, but each was majestic in its own way, architecturally a world away from the west. I would like to say that the crowds thronging the area melted away, such ...



