Japan : Trip to 日光市, part 4 : temples and end

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At the end of the morning and during the all afternoon, we went to the temples again. The price to visit all of them is cheaper than to visit only the main one even if the main one is included in the ticket. So that was pretty cool. After few research I discover that the Rinnoji which is the most important temple in Nikko was founded in the 8th century by Shodo Shonin who built the first temple Shihonryuji near the Shinkyo Sacred Bridge in 766 introducing at the same time Buddhism in Nikko. One of the shrine 日光東照宮 is also the tomb of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu who founded the Tokugawa shogunate after the Battle of Sekihagara during the Edo period (1603 - 1868).

After the temple we took the train back to Tokyo.

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Sources : 日光東照宮,  Nikko tourist association, Japan guide 

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Japan : Trip to 日光市, part 3 : park

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After the water fall, we went to the temples but it was not enough time to actually visit them so we decided to go back the next day. That night, we stayed at a youth hostel which was an old supermarket. One more weird place to add to the list of weird places I slept in. In the morning we went to the park nearby, there was a nice little river there and some of the trees were blooming, here are some pictures.

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Japan : Trip to 日光市, part 2 water fall

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We got down to the mountain using the chair lift again, that was much fun actually and I was happy not to have to walk. We took the bus a stopped on the way to see the water fall. It was far away and hidden by trees but it still looked pretty nice.
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Japan : Trip to 日光市, part 1 climbing

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On the week-end of the golden week, we decided to go on a trip to 日光市(Nikko). We had a very early start, hopefully, 5.10 am, lots of things to do, lots of things to see. That was pretty cool to meet in the morning, everybody with sleepy head. I didn't sleep at all as I was too excited. The group of Korean was up to send us of, they didn't sleep yet either. I should really spend more time with them, sometimes polyphasic's night can get a bit lonely. I'm still wondering why people need to sleep that much. Anyway, we took several trains to reach Nikko and then the bus which took us to the mountain. The sky was very clear and the weather a bit cold and getting colder as we went up with the chair lift. We took the chair lift three times to reach the top and then we still had a bit of climbing to do. That was kind of muddy and slippery, but we finally all reached the top alive.
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Yes, yes we had snow.

I so love that pics, I wish someone takes a pics of me like that some days.