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Japan Adventure Day 8 – Nikko

After a chilled start we made our way through the town, to the iconic red bridge that pretty much appears in every picture for Nikko. From there it was up hill into the woods where Buddhist temples are nestled amongst the trees. The most famous is the ‘Nikko Toshogu’ that has the carvings of threeContinue reading “Japan Adventure Day 8 – Nikko”

Japan Adventure Day 1 – Tokyo

My alarm sounded at 0500h but I was awake before then. I spent Friday night at a friend’s in London Kings Cross. The noise of the city, cars zooming around, drunk revellers singing and a foxes yelling them to keep it down, left me with little sleep. The tube to Heathrow went smoothly, and checkContinue reading “Japan Adventure Day 1 – Tokyo”