NIKKO

Nikko is a very famous place in Japan, so many foreigners visit there. My home is near here. It takes about 2 hours by car.

toshogu.jpg This is the "TOSHOGU" in which IEYASU TOKUGAWA is enshrined. This gate is called "YOUMEIMON". It is handed down that visitors wouldn't have enough of looking this all day long, so this has another name "HIGURASHI NO MON" which means it grows dark among looking this.

goju.jpg "GOJU NO TOU" tower ( I don't know this is called "tower".) in the "TOSHOGU".

kegon.jpg This is the waterfall called "KEGON NO TAKI". It falls over 100 meters. We can look this getting elevator down form the street.

urami.jpg This is the other waterfall called "URAMI NO TAKI". We can look this in the back side of the fall. In the "OKU NO HOSOMICHI" written by Bashou Matsuo, HAIKU writer introduced there.

chuzen.jpg Chuzenjiko lake and Mt. Nantaisan. Driving on Chuzenjiko Skyline, we can see these scene. In the right side, there are "Kegon no Taki" and "Iroha zaka". In the left side, "Senjo Gahara" and "Konsei Touge".

kotoku.jpg This is the ranch called "KOUTOKU BOKUJOU".

ryuzu.jpg "RYUZU NO TAKI" waterfall on the way from "KEGON NO TAKI" to "SENJOU GAHARA". There is a tea house here and we can look this drinking tea.

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