So we did our first side trip with Yuri and her Husband Toshi. We took the train to Nikko, about two hours outside of Tokyo. It was a pretty amazing place.
Our first stop was Rinnoji Temple. Supposedly it's a pretty important place as it's the temple where a monk first introduced Buddhism to Nikko. We took a stroll though the garden and fed some creepy koi.
Then, out of nowhere, this giant flying beast landed on Yuri's finger. Nicole was pretty scarred, but I made sure it didn't hurt her.
We went to several temples, honestly I really need to read up on them to understand as most of the information was in Kanji or Katakana or whatever, so I'm not gonna even try to tell you their significance. What I can say is that seeing the sizes of these places and the craftsmanship that went into each building is a really inspiring sight. I mean, you see places like this on the Discovery channel, et al, but you don't really get the scale or beauty of it until you finally see them in person. So there. Now some pics...
Yuri and Toshi
Me and Cole
We did get to see the wood carved panel of the Hear No Evil... Monkeys
One of these temples had some "games", basically little things you can do to see if you are lucky or not. There was one that was like the ring toss at the dirty fair. Nicole got two out of three, apparently that is REALLY good. I didn't get any, but I'd rather not talk about it.
After that, we had some a traditional Niko meal, I don't wanna talk about that either.
After lunch we went up this cable car to check out some waterfalls. Got to see some monkeys too, that was pretty cool. Here are some more pics.
Still trying to catch up, lots more to come.
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