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Day 5: Lake Chuzen and Kegon Falls
... our noses and purchased tickets for the elevator to take us down to the falls. It was about a 100 m descent to the bottom of the falls where viewing platforms have been set up. To our surprise the place was packed with tour groups and students even with the almost unbearable temperatures. We found a nice spot on the upper platform and started firing away on our cameras. Regardless of the cold, it was still a pretty clear day so the view was breathtaking. When the ...
Day 4: Nikko - Temples and Shrines
... walls. The restaurant must have been around for a very long time cause it was difficult to find a speck of bare wall. Messages were even starting to layer on top of one another. Did i mention even the ceilings were covered. So awesome. We spent hours just scouring the walls and reading all the messages and doodles that everyone have left behind. When it came time to leave our mark we rejected the scrap piece of paper the waitress offered us and reached into my wallet to ...
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.
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Japan On Ice
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The temples and pagodas in Nikko were indeed more elaborate than most of those we had seen in Kyoto and area and were allowing me to fill in some blanks on at least a small piece of Japanese history- the first dude to unite most of Japan's feudal kingdoms was the patriarch of the Toyotomi clan, and was based in Osaka (in the oft destroyed 'indestructible' castle) with temples in the Kyoto area. His son and heir was only five years ...
Day trip to Nikko
... was significantly cooler and less humid than Tokyo, which was much appreciated given the hot stickiness of the last few days.
First I took the bus from Nikko station (which resembled a Swiss ski lodge) up to lake Chuzenji. The lake was stunning, set against the backdrop of beautiful mountains.
I took the opportunity to visit the Kegon waterfall. I took an elevator (which went straight down through the mountain) to the base of the waterfall where ...
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