Monday, September 16, 2013

Day Trip to Nikko (Part 1) / 日光日帰り旅行 (パート1)

Yes, I know I've been procrastinating.  My wife and I went on a day trip with our friends Yukio and Reiko to Nikko sometime in the middle of May.  And now, I'm finally getting around to writing about it.  I still have a bunch of future posts to be written to but all in due time.

はい、結構時間が経ってネタを書いてます。日光日帰り旅行は5月中旬位に行ってきました。今回も旅仲間の幸男と玲子と一緒に行きました。もう4か月前の話になるね。他に書きたいネタまだいっぱいありますが、いずれはちゃんと書きますので、宜しくお願い致します。

On our way to Toshogu and other World Heritage Sites at Nikko.  A short rest stop welcoming us to the Road to Nikko.

東照宮と他の世界遺産に行く途中。


Stairs leading to the entrance to Toshogu.

階段を上ると東照宮の正門がある。


Before I post the pics of Toshogu and the surrounding temples, I will provide you with the URL to their official site.  You can read about the history there.  The site is in Japanese and English.

写真を載せる前に、もっと詳しく知りたい方には東照宮のオフィシャルサイトのURLをこちらて見て下さい。

http://www.toshogu.jp/


Walking to the Seimon (main gate).

正門への道。




The sign on this large boulder says that this building is the site of "The Place of Kendo's Rebirth".

岩に「剣道復活之地」を書かれてます。


We are about to pass through the one of the toriis.

最初の鳥居に近付いてます。


One of the many toriis / 鳥居がいっぱい
 
 

Entrance to the Okari-den (Temporary Shrine 1689, cultural property) / 御借殿
 
 
 
Okari-den / 御借殿
 
 

Getting closer to the Main Temple / 本殿にまだ辿り着いてません

Oops, looks like I forgot to take a picture of the main Ishidorii (Stone Torii Gate)
あっ、メインの石鳥居の写真撮るの忘れてた。
 
 
Gojunoto (Five-Story Pagoda) / 五重塔
 
 
 
 
We are now nearing the Omote-mon (Front Gate) / 表門に近付いてます
 
 
The Ishidorii from behind / 後ろから撮った石鳥居
 
 
This map should give you an idea of how large the area is / 地図を見たらどのくらいの広さが分かる
 
 
 
 
Sanjinko (Three Sacred Storehouses) / 三神庫
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
To be continued...
 
つづく。。。
 


1 comment:

Rurousha said...

I was going to ask, "May??" Then I remembered I have stories from 2005 that I haven't written yet ... :p

Nikko is beautiful, isn't it?