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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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Kusatsu Onsen Spa & Shinjuku Christmas Lights
... no-Yu, I walked down to Sainokawara Park, which was as popular as Yubatake. On my way to the park, I tasted a free hot spring cake with sweet bean paste inside and a cup of green tea given in front of a souvenir shop. The cake tasted good especially in cold weather. I didn't buy anything at the time and headed for the park. Sainokawara Park was a geothermal site with some hot water pools and a large outdoor spa in the mountainside, but with no geysers and mud pools like them ...
Nikko: Buddhism & Bangs!
... place of the original Shoguns that ruled Japan around 1200 years ago, we strolled around the ground in the sunshine taking in Japanese ornamental gardens, treasure halls, shrines, gates, halls, temples and a five-storey pagoda. Apart from the mix of splendour and bling, oddities included an elephant carved in a temple wall by an artist who had never seen an elephant and the life story of a monkey which includes the original see no evil, speak ...
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 ...


