Blogs from Nikko, Tochigi, Japan, Asia - page 6

Ok so I didn't actually spend the entire week in Tokyo. I was lucky enough to get to visit a little town called Nikko for a couple of days. Nikko is a little bit north of Tokyo, and it took us 3 hours to get there by train. But the long train ride was definitely worth it...Nikko is one of the most beautiful places I've ever visited. Remember how I said that all temples seem to be the same? Well that's not true for the temples in Nikko. These were some of the most beautiful structures I've ever seen. It was more amazing than I could have ever imagined. I guess that's why Nikko is a World Heritage Site, and one of the temples there is even considered a National Treasure! It was actually Ryan's idea ... read more

Ahojte!Ozyvam sa z Hiroshimy.Vcera som stravil den v Nikko - malom mestecku nedaleko Tokya.Je to pamiatkova oblast chranena Unesco a ak si nieco zasluzi titul Svetove dedicstvo Unesco, tak je to toto miesto, ale po poriadku. Z Tokya som vyrazil skoro rano o 8.00 a v Nikko vystupil okolo desiatej.Od rana prsalo a ja som dufal, ze skoro prestane, ale neprestalo.Zo stanice som sa vydal peso na miesto ubytovania - mal to byt tzv. ryokan - rodinny penzion.Trocha som pobludil tak mi cesta trvala hodinu miesto 20 minut, no ale co uz - orientacny nezmysel.Ked som dorazil, privital ma domaci - neskutocne mily pan.Hned mi ukazal izbu - hotove male kralovstvo.Na ploche 3x3 metre bolo vsetko - od malej telky, cez ohrievac az po vyhrievadlo pod tatami - podlozka na ktorej spi.Este mi aj doniesol vodu ... read more

We boarded a bus headed for Tokyo at 5:26 p.m. last Friday, ready for our first big adventure here in Japan. We were on the bus two hours, then transferred trains a couple of times before stopping in Ueno, Tokyo where we stayed the night in the cheapest hostel in Tokyo (so we were told). Greg and I shared a 10’x 6’ tatami room with a futon mat, blanket and two pillows. There were communal showers and bathrooms in the hall that you could tell were cleaned, but used often. It wasn’t the worst experience, but I didn’t feel the cleanest after sleeping there. In the morning we again transferred several trains before arriving at our final destination about 2.5 hours away from Tokyo: Nikko. Nikko is famous for its fall colors, waterfalls and temples, and ... read more

We took a day trip to Nikko National Park, north of Tokyo. It was about a 2 hour bus ride up there. It was raining with thunder when we got there. We went through the Rinnoji Temple and Toshogu Shrine complex, a collection of beautiful historic buildings on hilly terrain surrounded by huge cedar trees. We had a Japanese-style lunch in a local restaurant in Nikko, which I thought was really good, consisting of noodle soup, rice, vegetables, tempura, etc. We took the curvy road up to Lake Chuzenji, a natural lake formed by a volcanic crater. The weather cleared and it got breezy and cold. The elevation at the lake there was over 4,000 feet. We saw some monkeys. The lake is the source of Kegon waterfall, not far away, which we also checked out. ... read more

Con un pequeño grupo de 14 personas partimos este fin de semana a Nikko, un pueblo al norte de Tokio (unas 3 hrs y media), en las montañas. Al salir de la estación, lo primero que pensé es, Chile! Nikko es un pueblito rodeado de altas montañas nevadas.. todos mis amigos muy impresionados sacaban fotos sin parar de toda la escenografía. yo solo decía, a Santiago lo rodea una cordillera, con montañas mas altas que esas. para mi esto no es nada..ja. Alojamos en un hostal estilo japones, durmiendo en tatami. Como eramos 3 mujeres y 11 hombres, a nosotras nos toco una pieza del mismo tamaño que a los 11 hombres. No hay forma de dormir mejor que en tatami. Cuando sea millonaria me construire un pieza de tatami. Visitamos unos templos famosos, donde están ... read more