The most beautiful day trip from Tokyo !!!

Nikko!! Nikko is a small city in Japan’s Tochigi Prefecture, in the mountains north of Tokyo. It’s the site of Toshogu, the famed Shinto shrine and a lavish memorial for Tokugawa Ieyasu, founding ruler of the Tokugawa shogunate, or Edo Period. Cool weather, quiet environment and beautiful landscape make Nikko to be one of the most accessible day trip from Tokyo, especially to me who don’t like Tokyo crowds , I always try to go out from the city to escape . Nikko have everything that Japan represents for , ancient temples and shrine , mountains, lake and waterfalls. As the person, who like to hike and explore Japan rural landscape, this is the best choice I have made , and also my dream Kumano Kodo trials continuation of mount yoshino and mount koyasan. Actually, this area can get crowded when you come late ( late meant you each here by 10-11 am) but to me as a early bird , I always try to take first train , so when I reach to Nikko , I am one of a few who took first local bus to explore the area without crowd. If you have JR pass , all transportation from Tokyo to Nikko are covered by the pass except for local bus . There is three different bus route to explore the area, depend on what you are interested to . Bus -A explore temples and shrine areas . Bus -B explore onsen areas and Bus -C explore waterfall , lake and hiking trails start . Since I am early than first bus, I explore temples area by foot and wait for Bus C to follow waterfall and lake. One important reminder is , take photo of the buses timing , and come back in time if you don’t want miss and waited long time , sometimes you might even miss last bus 🤭🤭. Then you have to walk for 20-30 km to the station 😝😝. Make sure you put in your calendar to visit Nikko once you are in East side of Japan . See you on the other side of the world 🌎!! #solotravel #japan #naturelover