Tochigi-ken Vacations, Tochigi-ken Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

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 symbols). The bus ride up took about 50 minutes and I did pretty well on it, a charter bus going up a switch back mountain should make anyone a bit nervous.   The first stop when we got up th...

We left for the Kegon Falls and Chuzenji Hot springs around 8am. There was a bus that took us up all the way up the mountains which took about 40 minutes. The ride was like taking a roller coaster, it was very curvy I was surprised that there weren't so many tourists. I heard it was the Golden Holidays in Japan but I guess most people went to the hot springs rather than the mountains. It was a bit chilly and I regretted not wearing something thicker. Kegon Falls is one of the ...

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 there and took the first bus to The temple and shrine area.  Nikko is a very beauitful city, with a lot of nature to offer.  So, I get off and head up to the ticket booth to get my tixs for e...

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 Nikko around 12pm and went to one of the more popular tourist attrctions: Toshogu Shrine. Toshogu was the site for the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one of the shogunates who ruled feudal Japan prior ...