Nikko Travel Blogs

My sister and I woke up early this morning, and we were ready to go more than an hour and a half before our scheduled breakfast at the ryokan.  We decided to take a walk to the Daiya River, which ran right behind our ryokan.  We were a little less than half a mile upstream of the famous "…

At 6:05am, Brooke’s alarm went off and we got dressed and headed out to the bus stop. I think we picked the perfect time to head up the mountain because there was no traffic. The road up the mountain has 48 turns and each turn is represented by a hiragana symbol (there are 48 different hiragana s…

Did I really visit the shrines? Or was it more of a hiking experience that challenged my body on how fit or rather unfit I have become? Still, I blame it on sleep deprivation since arriving in Japan - running on only a total of 9 hours of sleep in the past 72 hours. I used my JR Pass for the firs…

Trained to Nikko yesterday.  Took two different JR trains: a shinkansen, or bullet train, and a local express train.  I have ridden the shinkansen before, and let me tell you, it does not get old.  Yesterday I entertained myself as a six year old would and tried to count the seconds …

Photos that I had took during my stay in Japan.

We were finally ready to head out to Nikko so we hit the road. If anyone has driven around Japan, they know it takes years to travel anywhere. We made it to Utsonomiya and decided to get lunch at the local friendly Subway. Jason and Aki love subway here, and rightfully so. Subway in Japan is not qu…

When I first arrived I might just as well have landed on an other planet! You need to scratch the surface to make some sense of Japanese life.

This past weekend I finally made the trip down to Nikko.  I have been planning this trip for like 3 weeks but everytime I was going to go I ended up not for whatever reason.  So i finally went and it was well worth it. I took the 2 hour train ride from Shimodate to Nikko.  I got the…

As part of our program, CIEE arranged for an overnight field trip to the mountain town of Nikko, about 2 hours north of Tokyo. It was the perfect way to get away from the city for a couple of days.We departed Tokyo on Thursday morning by tour bus, stopping at a rest stop for lunch. We arrived in Ni…

impressions from Yokohama. It is located right next to Tokyo, only couple of stops by train. Dont miss the clockwheel and skyline at night ... will be updated once I have more time or find somehone writing all the stories, i am more the photographer *g*

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Photo´s of my trip through Japan

I decided to come to Japan to teach English back in 2003. I intended to stay only a year but a year has turned into almost 6 years I left on 9 November 2008. I've learnt much about the customs and culture of Japan so id like to share some of my knowledge with you. I hope my experiences can help other people travelling to Japan. I will slowly be adding my photos, tips and reviews.

Bon, un autre day trip. A Nikko cette fois-ci. J'ai failli manque le train, parce que je pensais arrive a temps en marchant. Mais, surprise, je me suis perdu en tentant de prendre des raccourcis. Je suis arrive a la miute pres, tout en sueur. En passant, les Japonais, ca ne sue pas. Peut-etre qu'il…