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| I am sorry I have not been in contact for a while. I have been away travelling. After 5 months here, I am falling in love with Japan and everything Japanese.
Absolute best way to travel: Shinkansen (新幹線). Right on time, every time.
Favourite place in the world: Waiting for my 新幹線 at the Tokyo Station - 新幹線 platform.
Most memorable moment: Looking at the expressions of the passengers while speeding past a station on the 新幹線- a look of appreciation, approval, and even pride at the sight of their national symbol. Absolutely brilliant.
こだま 新幹線: Kyoto station
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| I know some of you have asked me why I am not in any of the pictures I have taken.
My objective is not to show the number of places I have visited, or where I have visited, but merely to convey the beauty of the place, through my photos. And its hard enough to do so already.
A photograph is a moment frozen in time. No two photographs will ever be the same. Remember that.
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| I know I said I would put up some pictures of my weekend trip away, so here goes...
I went to Nikko (日光) which is a sacred site stretching all the way back to the middle of the 8th century, when the Buddhist priest Shodo established a hermitage there. I did a tour of the temples on the first day, and a hike on the second day.
I took many pictures on my trip, but in this entry, I will put up some pictures of the waterfalls I saw while on my hike. For those of you that are interested, I did the Senjogahara Shizenkenkyu-ro hike, which is about 10 or 11 kilometres long, and takes about 3-4 hours. I started at Yumoto onsen, and finished up at Lake Chuzenji. The hike was very scenic (especially with the melting snow) - you start off by walking along a bubbling brook, which leads into the picturesque marshland of Senjogahara, against the backdrop of snow-capped mountains, and end up at Lake Chuzenji at the top of a 75m high waterfall. I highly recommend it. My pictures are in the order that I saw the waterfalls/rapids.
Falls 1: Yumoto Onsen
Falls 2: Yumoto Onsen
Falls 3: Between Yumoto Onsen and Senjogahara Plateau
Falls 4: Between Senjogahara Plateau and Lake Chuzenji
Falls 5: Between Senjogahara Plateau and Lake Chuzenji
Kegon Falls: Lake Chuzenji
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