Weekend in Nikko.

Waterfall in Nikko
Originally uploaded by k.blueice

We just spent the weekend in Nikko, a really popular mountain area famous for National Parks and temples. We stayed in a nice little Ryokan that had private indoor and outdoor bath, and our room was looking out over a little creek with some waterfalls, just the ticket for a nice relaxing weekend out of Tokyo.

We spent Saturday out and about up in the mountains enjoying the nice cool weather - it was rainy and really foggy so the views weren't as spectacular as if it was clear, but the cool temperature (only 17 degrees!) was damn good after how hot it has been in Tokyo lately (over 30 degrees every day!).

One of the waterfalls Ryuzu-no-taki had a little tea house right in front, being overcast it was great for getting longer exposure photos like this one.

We also went to Kegon falls, this place is cool, there is an elevator which takes you 100m down the cliff so you can see the waterfall from the bottom. Cool.

Heaps of other cool stuff over the weekend as well, including Edo Wonderland, which is like an Edo themed cross between an amusement park and a museum.

All up, a really cool place, will definitely have to go back there some time.