Turtle Inn Nikko

... room sounded an earthquake alert. An M5.1 quake occurred about 100km away and we didn't feel a thing! Finally on returning to the Turtle Inn Annex, I made use of the private onsen (ie. I could lock the door and have it to myself), enjoying a hot bath ...

... of these storage houses also boasts a carving of the three monkeys ie see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.  Nikko claims, along with a number of other places to be the originator of this expression, although it's thought unlikely that we will ...

We arrived in Nikko in the evening so went straight to our first traditional inn.  It is really quite quaint. My room has tatami mats and the bed is a mat on the floor, which is surprisingly comfortable. It has the traditional Japanese blinds and it ...

... Suez's Great Adventure This morning and part of this afternoon would be our last chance to wander around Tokyo before getting the train to Nikko at 4pm.  We met with the group in the morning (with Lisa showing up on time) and agreed that we would ...

... skulle jeg med toget tidligt i morges fra Takayama og med i alt fire tog for at naa hen, hvor jeg er lige nu, nemlig i Nikko. Jeg bliver lidt nodt til at fortaelle noget mere om det fantastiske togsystem de har her i Japan. Kina er et helvede mht. at ...

20/6/11  Caught a train from Tokyo to Nikko, then a bus and lastly walked to the accomodation.  Did an orientation walk to Tokugawa Shrine, Imperial Summer Palace (not in official use anymore).  The palace was very clean but empty of any ...

In Nikko, there was tons of temples and Shrines to visit. On the first day, I went to the World heritage Shrine of a Famous emperor family that ruled japan in some ancient time. Don`t ask for more historical details, I don`t remember. I will look it up ...

My last full day in Japan, and actually today.  I literally stumbled into the breakfast room where I could barely make out 2 fullish tables of gaijins, so sat in a spare seat, failing to notice there was no place setting, but thinking the girl ...

... without telling the gaijin-san who clearly doesn't have a clue, hahahaha".  So yeah I did that then rolled into the Turtle inn.  Another day, another ryokan, and accompanying kimono and onsen.. cool way of having baths.. clean yourself - first - ...

... at least 10 dishes came out.  It ended with rice and miso soup with these strange looking shellfish - they look like turtle claws.  I didn't eat the shellfish but the miso soup was delicious.  We all agreed that Yakushima food is sweeter ...