Nikko 2019: Futarasan Shrine (二荒山神社)
A path lined with stone lanterns connects Toshogu Shrine and the nearby Futarasan Shrine. There are actually three shrines named Futarasan in the greater Nikko…
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Nikko 2019: Toshogu Shrine (東照宮)
My first bit of sightseeing on my final day in Nikko was at the Toshogu Shrine. The shrine holds the remains of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the…
Nikko 2019: Morning in the Mountains
One of the nice things about the hostel I was staying in during my visit to Nikko was that it was right by the river,…
Nikko 2019: Shinkyo Bridge at Night
As you might expect, there’s not much to do in Nikko at night other than get a meal at one of the restaurants in town.…
Lake Chuzenji 2019: Walking the North Shore
It takes a few minutes to walk down the road from Ryuzu Falls to the north shore of Lake Chuzenji and thankfully the rain was…
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Lake Chuzenji 2019: Ryuzu Waterfall (竜頭ノ滝)
The rain steadily intensified as the bus moved west along Lake Chuzenji’s north shore and at the Ryuzu Waterfall stop I got off and walked…
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Lake Chuzenji 2019: A Change of Plans
Continuing on from the British and Italian Embassy Villas, I walked further south along Lake Chuzenji’s eastern shore. I had grand aspirations that day to…
Lake Chuzenji 2019: British and Italian Embassy Villas
A little further south from Chuzenji Temple are the former villas of the British and Italian ambassadors to Japan. During the Meiji Restoration era several…
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Lake Chuzenji 2019: Chuzenji Temple
With thick fog obscuring Kegon Waterfall, I returned to Chuzenjiko Onsen and then started going south along the east side of the lake. Though the…
Lake Chuzenji 2019: Kegon Waterfall
The next morning it was a wet, foggy day in Nikko. A storm was passing through the mountains and although it wasn’t going to be…
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