This morning we packed our bags again and walked to the train station to catch a train to Nikko. Nikko is a town about 2 hours north of Tokyo and it is known for its World Cultural Heritage temples and the beautiful nature around it. We got to our hostel, the Nikko Park Lodge, which was a very nice mountain style lodge surrounded by trees and where the staff was very nice and helpful. We walked to the centre and visited the Toshogu, the Futarasan-jinja and the Rinnoji temples. They were all beautiful and very impressive. They are in the middle of the woods, which makes it very nice to walk around there. From there we walked to the Shinkyo bridge, which is sacred. We walked back to the hostel, stopping at a 160 year old farmhouse and the Nikko Beer Brewery. For dinner we tried the vegan zen dinner at the hostel. It was very good, but since it is vegan, it didn't include anything that comes from animals (no meat, no fish, no eggs, no milk, etc.). We got a tofu steak, a bunch of mushrooms, lots of rice, some more vegetables, a vegetarian miso soup and watermelon. Overall it was an interesting experience, it being the first fully vegan meal we ever had. After that we played some cards and planned our itinerary for the next day.
Weather: very warm but a bit cloudy
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3 comments:
y entre el martes y el jueves q paso??? me habeis dejado abandonada esta semana!!
a moins que martine n'ait un ordi en normandie on sera privé de blog jusqu'a dimanche
on rentrera à bordeaux lundi ou mardi
bon vol pour l'ausralie,,,,ça va vous changer du japon,,vive les kangouroo,,,,,
Salut les miss u, profitez en bien c'est incroyable !
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