The ever busy Shinjuku station – even it’s before 6:30 AM on a Saturday morning.
The big thunder god lantern of Sensō-ji at Asakusa. The lantern was under repair the last time I came to the Sensō-ji.
Stores and hotels on the street of Nikkō.
One of the old yōkan, a jelly-like sweet, stores in Nikkō. Yōkan was a specialty of Nikkō
The new renovated Shinkyō (god’s bridge).
The main Buddha hall of Rinnō-ji .
Another Buddha hall and the copper sutra repository tower of Rinnō-ji .
The wooden torii of Tōshō-gū.
The five story pagoda of Tōshō-gū.
People taking photos of the sculptures of the famous see-no-evil/hear-no-evil/speak-no-evil monkeys.
The sleeping cat was another famous sculpture at Tōshō-gū.
This was the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate.
The Honjidō of Tōshō-gū.
The small torii in Futarasan Shrine.
The spring of Futarasan Shrine.
A mini digger used for constructions inside Futarasan Shrine.
The gate to Taiyū-in of Rinnō-ji .
Obviously we were the only foreign customers at the hot spring hotel for the night.
Hot spring hotels on both side of the Kinugawa Valley.
View of the Kinugawa valley from my room.
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