Nikko Lodge

... time. After a good nights sleep at the 'K's House' Hostel (Asakusa, Tokyo) which is excellent, we headed to Nikko and the 'Nikko Park Lodge' which has also been fantastic. We are still here and leave for Kamakura tomorrow. With another two and half ...

... 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 stopped ...

... in Nikko at around 9:00am and made our way to where we would be staying for the next couple of nights: the Nikko Park Lodge. The lodge, run by a budddhist monk, is about 20 minutes' walk from the station (30 minutes with a bag of ...

... a couple hours later we had no clue how to get to our hostel, so ended up forking out for a cab. We booked into the Nikko Park lodge, a great place up in the forest run by Buddhist monks, and you could even do yoga in the mornings if you wanted. We dumped ...

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 ...

... and beautiful shrines/temples there. There are two mausoleums there. They house the first and third Tokugawa shogun Ieyasu respectively Nikko is up in the mounatains and known for having a blend of shinto and buddhist religions. MANY ornate buildings and ...

... 's major attractions and has several World Heritage shrines and temples, as well as lots of forest and waterfalls nearby.  We stayed in a lodge up in the hills and this was our only proper time in the countryside of Japan and was a nice change. The ...

Arrived at the Nikko train station amid a flood of rain and caught our first taxi to the Narusawa lodge. We were greeted by the amazing Yuji, the lodge owner. He has been very helpful, arranging restaurant bookings and helping us make plans. He even took ...

Ok for once Pete's actually letting me write an entry (he's actually cooking) so here goes....... We arrived in Nikko, originally planning a 9 night stay but after realising that there's not all that much to do there after the shrines and temples and ...

We are staying in the most amazing hostel. Nikko Park Lodge. This place is just stunning. It's in beautiful surroundings, and the staff are so friendly. I'm going to be sad to leave this place. It doesn't feel like a hostel, it feels like a home with a ...

Staying in a great hostel. Park Lodge hostel in Nikko. I highly recommend it. Spent today at the Shrines.. walking around and then 2 hours of kareoke.. (I'm so happy Helena seems to be enjoying it as well;)). and tomorrow Edomura.. so that'll be ...

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... the coverage to get up and work out the Japanese controls on the room heater I was welcomed by both another sunny day in Nikko and an unexpected breakfast (was this really only 3500 Yen per night?). The owner was going "hopping" it seemed at 2pm so I'd ...

It took about 90 minutes to arrive to Nikko.  I decided to skip Mt Fuji after the weather being unbearably hot. The hostel (Tobu Nikko Park Lodge) is the best I've seen at 2990 yen per night.  8 beds in a dorm room which opens up to a common ...

Time for some sort of budgeting to begin with my first stay at Nikko Lodge, recommended by my great mate Ricky Bobby...beautiful place to chill and check out the surrounds, especially after a hectic few days in 'Tokes' with my new international friends ...