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Day 5: Lake Chuzen and Kegon Falls
... on board kept ooing and ahhing throughout the entire ride. "See-goy" that's what they kept saying. My best guess is it probably means wow or awesome or may be it meant look at that scared little Canadian boy pee himself. The best word to describe the last couple of days is probably bone-chilling. We got fooled by the temperatures in Tokyo and thought since Nikko is only a couple of hours away the weather should be similar. Maybe mid 20's during the day and 10ish ...
Day 4: Nikko - Temples and Shrines
... good. Probably more me than bon though cause she only drank 2 shots and left the rest for me. Let's see, for dinner we were debating between walking to the near by corner store for a nuked meal or do a 30 min trek through the shivering cold to eat at a recommended yakitori restaurant. Our heads told us to hit up the 7-11 but our stomachs told us to go for the delicious chicken skewers. Being the fattys we are, we set out for Hipparitako. The yakitori and meat ball skewers ...
The real Shogun
... An item of interest at Toshogu is The Sacred Stable. Horses were dedicated to Shinto gods and were housed at shrines. Monkeys were also kept at shrines, the idea being that they protected horses from disease. Anyway, carved above the stable door at The Sacred Stable I was surprised to find those three famous monkeys -- see, hear, and speak no evil.
Lunch at ...
Japan On Ice
... by the end.
I'm not sure that Japan will be a hockey threat any time soon but if they could get some of their sumo wrestling guys upright on skates they might be dishing out some world class body checks. And speaking of sumo, we're off to the biggest tournament of the year in Tokyo where DH gets another opportunity to explore her fascination (some might say "problem") with watching big and fat, nearly naked men wrestling with one ...
Day trip to Nikko
... popular destination). I spent the rest of the afternoon exploring the many spectacular shrines and temples in the area.
After returning to Tokyo in the late afternoon I spent the evening exploring Akihabara, Tokyo's "electric town". It's an area of Tokyo that is popular for buying anime, computer games, digital cameras and all manner of inexpensive computer and electrical equipment. The whole area is full of bright lights and noise. I can only describe it ...
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