This past weekend we were given 3 days off so I went with fellow hichiriki player Ben to Nikko, an area a few hours northwest of the city. The closest analogy I can think of is going from NYC to the Catskills in upstate NY, except even more scenic and beautiful, not to mention it's the home of several major shrines and temples. Also apparently the home of the famous monkeys (the ones that don't see, hear or speak the bad stuff), although we never did find them.
It rained all weekend but was beautiful nonetheless. We agreed it was the most beautiful place either of us had been. Mountains everywhere, waterfalls, hiking, shrines, rivers, every imaginable shade of green. Also went to an Onsen for the first time and loved it, very relaxing.
It finally cleared up on the last day so I could take some pics. Above are the Ryuzu Falls and below is a view across the Yutaki Lake.
5 comments:
ええのぉ。
たのしそ～
エイミーさん、私より日本のこと詳しくなるんだろうなぁ。日本に行ったら日本を紹介してぇ。
はい。
日本のことよく勉強になった。専門的知識があるよ。
;P
Amy, these pictures are gorgeous. Looks very idyllic there - not to mention you got yourself quite a good camera for capturing it all!
:-) Mom
This is one place I never made it to when I was in Japan. Beautiful pics=!
~Shiwei
thanks, shiwei. if you get a chance, def 行って! as the posters everywhere say (and if you haven't noticed them before you will now) "nikko is nippon"
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