Nikko For A Day

We took the train to Nikko today.  We spent the day there and our legs are so tired. 12,000 steps today while visiting.  Back to the hotel now and I'm exhausted.  Not much to say today so take a look at the pictures I took at Nikko.  The fall foliage was absolutely stunning on the mountains.  Machines are all over to purchase cold and hot beverages.

Mary's first trip to Nikko Japan.  This area is a World Heritage Site.

Yuba Manju is deep fried tofu filled with red bean paste.  It had a little salt and was a little sweet.  Sounds bad but tastes great.

We walked from the train station to the Nikko national park.  Uphill all the way and not as many shops as I recalled from the past.  Things change quickly here.

Sacred Bridge

About 200 yen to walk across the bridge.  I think I'll just look at it from here.

Sacred Bridge in Nikko, Japan

Love all the fall color on the Nikko Mountains.  Very beautiful back drop.

Look into my eyes!  You're getting sleepy.

 

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Look at all the fall color on the trees here in Nikko.  The colors are so vibrant.

Love the bright fall foliage.  The fall colors are everywhere on the mountains. 

Walking and walking I'm exhausted and so is everyone else.

Back in town, what to eat?
INDIAN FOOD FOR DINNER TONIGHT YUM YUM

Kegon falls and Kurifuri Falls in Nikko, Japan

Kegon Falls is located at Lake Chūzenji in Nikkō National Park near the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The falls were formed when the Daiya River was rerouted by lava flows.

Kegon Falls Suicides~~In 1903, a 16-year-old Tokyo high school student named Misao Fujimura committed suicide by jumping down the fall. Before he jumped, though, he carved a well-thought out romantic poem into a tree trunk right above the fall. It starts out with the lines:

"How immense the universe is!
How eternal history is!
I wanted to measure the immensity with this puny five-foot body."

Fujimura having been the son of a high-ranking family and a student at the prestigious Tokyo Imperial University (now Tokyo University) with famous writer Natsume Soseki being his English teacher, the press covered the incident in detail. Affected by Fujimura’s mysterious death poem, close to 200 young folks tried to follow his mortal path down the Kegon Falls within the next 10 years. The authorities are still concerned today.

We are all hungry and now Yugie is taking us to a special place to have lunch.  When we reached our destination it was really busy with people.  Keiko went to see if we could eat lunch there and Yes we could.  What a beautiful restaurant, its name is Misty Mountain Restaurant.  There was a big flight of steps going up to the restaurant you would have to be in good health to eat here.

Beautiful view from our table at Misty Mountain.

Time to take a hike to Kirifuri water falls.  It's a beautiful walk to see these falls.  I thought the falls was hard to see due to so many trees blocking the view.

Our house host Yugie.