Utsunomiya Travel Blogs

Let me first admit that there isn't much to this journal entry.  On our way from Nikkō to Hakone, took the Nikkō Line to Utsunomiya, where we were to transfer on to a train bound for Hakone.  During our brief stop in Utsunomiya, we purchased our Hakone Free Passes and we each got a trai…

There is are stone statues around O-yaishi museum. There was the oldest statues which were made in nineth century! The statue named O-ya Kannon looked like Buddda with a lot of arms.  There are three groups of Statues which were made in different periods. The figures of the oldest ones we…

In September 2007 i realised one of my dreams. I visited Japan. It was more then I expected and a lot more, than I dared to hope it would be. Going from Tokyo to Hakone, later to Miyajima and then Kyoto with our last stop after 3 weeks in Osaka. It was really a dream coming true. Even with a typhoon hitting us and temperatures worth for a desert in summer.

We only planned to stay maybe 2 days in Utsunomiya with Marco, who was teaching Japan there. At that time he had just moved in with his girlfriend Mieko, who we hadn't met yet. We were going to see him mostly - we didn't really think there was anything to do there. 4 days later we were in love the…