Japan: Trip To Kusatsu草津 And Nikko 日光

[Andy@Tokyo]

Kusatsu & Nikko. 2day-1nite trip

-----------------------------------------

1) From Tokyo to Kusatsu

We went there by car but I would just put up a link on 'How to go to Kusatsu'

Access

-Recommended place to stay in Kusatsu

Rather putting up at the hotels/Ryokan, I would recommend Pensions, for economical reasons. They are much cheaper. We stayed at the pension, MY WAY, which costs only 7500yen per person per nite. Includes an eat-all-u-can Nabe/Sukiyaki Dinner and breakfast. Recommended places to stay can also be found under this Stay

2)World's treasure in Nikko

3) Others (hyperlinked to subfolders in food and pets)

-------------------------------------------------------------

-Some jap FOOD

-Cute Dogs

-AND PLANTS hehe

-Machines 1

2

[Andy@Tokyo]

On the way to Kusatsu, we stopped by a Waterfall. All leaves had fallen over there liao But, there were still many visitors from HK and other parts of jap too... the temp is abt 8oC

[erection day]

Are these pictures taken by you??? They look like pictures one would find in a glossy expensive travel magazine. You are a good camera man, Andy :thumb:

From Andy> Yap those were taken by me... but not so gd :oops: i forgot to bring the tripod stand too

[Andy@Tokyo]

Also, we visited a Volcanic Rocky Mt.. Many many years back, there was a volcanic eruption from a nearby mt and the molten flow to this place and solidified?

They bulit a shrine on top of the molten rocks to make Money out of it

I took this pic from a poster there

This one too

Notice the difference btw the pics from the posters and my pics. and u can tell who are the pros. :oops: i wished i could take pics like pros

[Andy@Tokyo]

This place is also bery famous... This volcanic mt is already dead But there is this wonderful lake on top of this mt. i have been there 2yrs ago. so, we didnt go all the way up

BUT i took a pic of the poster at the btm of this lake haha Below is the top view of the lake

[Andy@Tokyo]

Sulfur... sulfur and more SULFUR... Sulfur gas seep out from everywhere in these mt ranges and we stopped to take a pic of it

This is also what make the onsen here special.. ur skin would rejuvenate after a dip in these onsen.

[Andy@Tokyo]

Then, to the place we stayed=Kusatsu!

Look at the link here for more explaination and gd pics

[Andy@Tokyo]

Now, the following are the pics i took

They are selling the sulfur extracted from this place

And we are more than 1000km off ground level :oops: meters not km

I like this pic

[Andy@Tokyo]

The stream leads to the Main Onsen of Kusatsu! A must visit place too if u come here!!!!!!!!

even the drain got steam come out

[Andy@Tokyo]

On day 2 we went to Nikko.

only manage to visit this 'world treasure', temple

It was quite impressive too. i cant take pics of the temple roof top.. no pics taking allowed there. But they say: 'to repair 1cms, it costs about 300 dollars.'

The Whole area of the place is bigger than plaza singapura..

i like this pic too..

[Andy@Tokyo]

More pics on the place

See, hear speak no evil.. the monkeys also say:D

Btw, the entrance fee is 1200yen 15dollars? to 3 sub-area in this place

I find the whole place very chinese like

This artist is really good, i thought, look at his penis.. :oops: i meant his drawing

THE END

[LupCheong]

Nice pics Andy-San!

I noticed you accidentally took a pic of a chubby jap guy in black T and jeans wearing a cap walking along the temples. In future, ZOOM IN on bears like him! hehehe

[Andy@Tokyo]

Thanks Luplup! would take note of that hehe!

[erection day]

I love the pictures. :thumb: And also some of the colourful commentaries.

Like 'This artist is really good, i thought, look at his penis.. i meant his drawing' or

'even the drain got steam come out '. Well done! I enjoyed reading it very much. It just lacked one thing- where are the (naked) men!!!

[Andy@Tokyo]

Thanks ED!

I didnt take this time, (naked pics of men) . actually at the Onsen, it is not allowed. But, if u are thick-skinned and u act blur like tourist, u can just bring ur cam into the onsen and snap a few shots. I tried the other time....... :oops:

wow if anyone else had tried taking pics of nake people at the onsen

[Buaya]

Wow! The pics are really tempting me...

Thanks, Andy for the report!

[akated]

more pics to tempt crocodile:

(these are taken at nikko, but not at tosho-gu, which andy showed; they are pics of futarasan-jinja, which is another temple complex built during the tokugawa era)

personally i liked futarasan-jinja more than toshogu cos the former is less ostentatious, whilst still retaining a sense of grandeur. However, both are worth a visit to experience the japanese

[Andy@Tokyo]

Akated, you must come again with ur dar dar next time.

[akated]

next year andy! almost confirmed some more!

it's just a matter of which month: dar wants to see hanami, i want to see momiji

unless go two times...

hahahahahhahahahahahahaha