Nikko（日光）-The World Heritage Site Volume 2

After visiting these awesome temples, we headed for lunch and had a food indigenous to the locals, known as Yuuba. The noodle was similar to Ramen, and with ingredients added that were made of Tofu and beancurd, and others such as fish cakes, and some peas.

After the break, we rode on a bus that brought us to the upper side of the hills. It was where the hot spring and the famous Kegon Falls located at. Kegon Falls is ranked as one of the highest falls in Japan. We had to go down all the way in order to witness the breathtaking view of the falls form a lower angle.

It was freezing cold, because Nikko was considered colder than Tokyo as it was more to the northern part of Japan, especially when we were up in the hills, the temperature fell even more. I was chilling to the max while viewing the fantastic falls, my hands were shaking unwittingly, and every of my breath turned into white mist.

Next it's onsen (hot spring) time!! We rushed our way to the hotspring. Before I went I heard that all women would be nude in the hot spring zone! It would be my first time being nude in front of so many other ladies whom were strangers to me. In embarrassment, I stripped of my clothes one by one and placed them in a prepared basket. Then I went in the room where the hot smoky hot spring was at. Before entering the hot spring we had to clean ourselves first. We were only given a small towel to wipe our weary body.

The onsen smelt like rotten egg in exact, and the color was slightly greenish. It was said that each onsen would have its characteristic in being in different colors and smells because of the different compositions of the minerals. One could not stay in the onsen for too long because it would numb your body and and you would become breathless as the onsen temperature is actually higher than our body temperatures.

We had a short but fun time enjoying onsen, then we rushed hastily to the bus that would take us down back to the station where we first stood. If we missed that bus, we would have to stay one night at Nikko already because the bus did not come frequently.

We reached home at around 6+ pm, and all the way we were on our journey back, our bodies were warmed and comfortable. Thanks to the warming effect of Onsen!! It was indeed a memorable day!

A bowl of delicious Yuuba and a cup of green tea were enough to power up your whole noon!



Here we are, the upper side of the hills



The Kegon Falls （華厳の滝）



Cold cold day



I think I haven't mentioned that Japanese are really good at planting flowers.

Behold Kegon Falls!