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Favorite thing: You will miss a lot if you just walk around Central Nikko. There are a lot of beautiful sites in Nikko. If you only have a day or 2 to spend, I suggest you explore the Northern Tip first. It saves time and you get to see more.
1. Yudaki Falls - You can spend the night at Yumoto Onsen. Higher Elevation so the air is nice and crisp.
2. Ryuzu Falls - On your way back from Yudaki.
3. Kegon Falls - You'll pass by Chuzenjiko Lake, Futurasan Chugushi Shrine
4. ShinKyo Bridge - Then central Nikko which includes several shrines and local shops.
* If you follow this agenda, then you need to get Tobu Nikko Bus Pass at the main station. There's several Bus Stop near the major sites. Usually, the bus pass by in 30 mins interval, but it can also be irregular. So before you do anything, check the pick up time.
I love Nikko. Best Time to go is Autumn.
Cheers, Cher
Updated May 4, 2008
Favorite thing: on the way to Toshogu shrine stone steps are leading you up the hill into a forest of cedars, there are thousands and they are so majestic, tall and powerful..just thinking about these cedars being hundreds years old and only God knows what they witnessed...if only cedars could speak...
Written Feb 11, 2007
Favorite thing: This is the first view we saw immediately when we stepped out of Nikko Station. Amazing isn't it ... It was breathtaking ... It is freezing cold in Nikko in Spring. The winter season is just over and the roads & pavements were still covered in some snows.
Updated Jul 13, 2003
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Favorite thing: Continue by bus from Chuzenji-ko for about 30 minutes, it's Yumoto Onsen. It's a famous area for skiing and onsen. I knocked into one of the high-end hotels and asked for a BATH and here it is! It's an outdoor sulphur onsen, costs 1300Yen for a bath in it. Such a wonderful experience to bath in an onsen while it's snowing.
Written Feb 25, 2003
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Favorite thing: Chuzenji-ko is one of the main attractions around Nikko. The lake, which is located on the snow mountain, definitely worths a visit. That day was terribly windy and freezing. However, weather was still fine and the color of the lake was deep blue. I'm sure it's even more beautiful during summer.
Written Feb 25, 2003
Favorite thing: Nikko is full of great temples and shrines, but also is usually crowded by tourists. Try to get there on a weekday, to enjoy a more relaxed tour... and walk by the buildings and between.
Fondest memory: Anyway, don't loose your sight on the floor, there are a lot of nice details all around, specially near the roofs or at the roofs themselves! Some buildings are very rich in decoration (and also with a fine imagination, sometimes:)
Written Oct 9, 2002
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Favorite thing: Visit the temples and shrines in this neighborhood. You can easily see all by walking from one to another (distances are short). Among them is also the Toshogu-shrine and one of the most beautiful pagoda's outside of Kyoto and Nara.
Written Oct 13, 2002
Favorite thing: If you only have a few days in Japan like us, get out of the city and see a bit of the country side. Take the Tobu line to Nikko, there are 2 kinds of trains there the quicker one costs twice as much one is called rapid and one is express, one takes 2hrs the other takes 2.5hrs.
Fondest memory: The beautifal waterfall walk. See my must see activities.
Also take a look at my Japan page for photographs
Written Aug 30, 2002
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Fondest memory: Autumn in all its splendor!
Autumn holds a special meaning to me, most probably because I was borned in this season. Whatever the reason, the foliage is just so incredibly beautiful that I long for it every year...
Written Sep 1, 2002
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Favorite thing: KEGON FALLS: One of the most famous waterfalls in all of Japan.
Features an elevator down to a platform where you can observe th power of the plunging water.
Written Sep 1, 2002
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