I never got around to this but better late than never! Over the past summer vacation my brother and I stayed in Japan but unfortunately Papa was in the UK on museum business, something about a mummy missing! We spent a couple weeks there, we stayed in Papa's hometown, Nikkō located in the of the Tochigi Prefecture. Nikkō is a city surrounded by mountains, it is a popular tourist destination because of its many onsens! The city leads to the Nikkō National Park. There are many sacred temples and shrines located in and around the city. While in Japan, we stayed at Papa's Family Ryokan, currently run by our Obaachan.
One of the first place we visited, was the shrine closest to the ryokan. I spent a lot of time here, while we lived here back in high school. It felt so good to be back home. We went to the shrine in the early in the afternoon. I enjoyed the feelings of comfort and nostalgia of being in place that brought me such peace. We prayed and enjoyed the serenity of the quiet shrine until we could hear early bustle of the Matsuri street festival that began in evening.
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| a few of the stalls that lined the streets |
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| Sake managed to catch one after nearly endless attempts! |
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| Stuffing his face |
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| cute windmills! |
Everyday while we were Japan typically ended with us soaking till we were pruney!
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| Sake drinking hot tea, after bathing like an old man! |
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| our room everytime we come to visit Obaachan! |
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| Sushi for Dinner!!! |
On one of the last days of our visit, we had a picnic under the cherry blossom! So much fun!!!
Hope to go back really soon!
Such lovely pictures! Seems like an amazing vacation :3
ReplyDeleteSo Sake and Sakura really view Japan as their home <3
Glad you liked the pictures! They had more fun than I ever had on any vacation!
ReplyDeleteJapan is home to them <3