Rain, renovations, a sadistic hare, raccoon and giant peaches

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July 21st 2014

Published: August 10th 2014

Spending our first 5 days in Tokyo, we decided to allocate 2 of these days to sightseeing outside Tokyo itself and chose Nikko and Lake Kawaguchiko (for Mount Fuji). Part 1 – Nikko…UNESCO World Heritage site and lots of renovations! After stopping off at 7-11 to pick up some croissants and jam for the train ride, we headed to Asakusa station. We were a little disappointed that the better val... Read Full Entry

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Donna and Neil

We saved for 3 years and then went Hoff to travel the world. Chris Columbus and Magellan eat your heart out...do you reckon other people will have already discovered the places we are going to? You bet! About Us Neil, originally from Hartlepool, UK and Donna, originally from the Wirral, UK have known each other for 19 years. We bought a house, got cushy jobs in Nottingham and always had a passion to travel and see what more was out there in the big wide world (sounds corny or what?). The opportunity came when we were both made redundant and given nice r... full info

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Entrance to Taiyuin mausoleum

Looking back to the entrance to Taiyuin mausoleum

Roof and trees

A temizuya (water fountain) at Taiyuin mausoleum

Some of the 315 light towers at Taiyuin mausoleum

Drum towers at Niten-mon gate

Yasha-mon Gate

The guardian deity of Jikoku-ten who protects the east sky

Two guardian deities stand either side of the gate the one on the right side is Komoku-ten (with red skin) who protects the west sky.

The other side of Yasha-mon Gate

There are two other statues. Fu-jin (God of Wind) and Rai-jin (God of Thunder). Fu-jin is holding a white sack filled with wind, and Rai-jin is drumming up a thunderstorm. Both are believed to defend Buddhism and its believers from evil spirits.

Looking through Yasha-mon Gate to Kara-mon Gate at Taiyuin mausoleum

Nikko station sign

Japanese countryside as seen from the bus

Ramen with udon noodles

Slurp-tastic!

Our bus

Our bus from the outside

Everything is peachy ;)

Old train at Kawaguchiko station

That Thomas the Tank Engine gets everywhere

An electric taxi

Bonsai!

Donna at Lake Kawaguchiko

11th August 2014

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Japan
The journey is key not the destination....with that said it is always nice having a fast train to get you there. :) Seat warmers sound great. Luck you. Glad you got your noodles & peaches. Life is simple isn't it?

11th August 2014

Donna and Neil
Donna and Neil

faster trains and seat warmers ;)
Yes, MJ and Dave, the journey is key but it was lovely to have super-fast trains which ran on time! We do get pleasure from simple things like peaches, noodles and seat warmers on toilets...we are missing the Japanese toilets :(

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