Nikko
December 27th 2008 Night had already fallen when our train neared Nikko, our destination for two nights and one full day. As we pulled into the station I was ecstatic to see that snow covered the ground and was gently falling from the sky. Nikko is about a two hour journey outside of Tokyo by express, but the temperature difference between the two places was startling. I had my face pressed to the window on the taxi
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