Waterfalls, Lakes, and.......Ducks?
Nikko has a lot to offer and a couple days after our group
visit to Nikko, on our free day my host family took me back to Nikko and we
visited the Nikko National Park. It was probably an hour in a half drive and so
many windy turns! My host dad said there were 50 turns in order to get up to
the national park. My car sickness feeling subsided once we got up there and we
walked over to the overseeing area of Kegon Falls. Kegon Falls was formed when
the Daiya River was rerouted by lava flows. There were two different decks to
look at the falls and me and my family was on the bottom one. While looking at
the falls I hear a ghost like voice saying, “Chelsea……..Chelsea……” I look up to
the upper deck and find Dr. Wachmann and Dr. Hancock staring down at me! That
was a really fun surprise so see a familiar face on a free day. We also walked
down to where the river flowed and after that we drove to Lake Chuzenji and had
lunch.
Kegon Falls: so beautiful!
I’m trying to think back and I’m pretty sure that the Kegon
falls was the first waterfall I have ever seen! Like many things I’ve seen in
Japan, a camera cannot capture what the eyes see and that goes for this
waterfall. It was very pretty and a fun place to spend time with my host
family.
How the river flowed down, it was so cool!
I got to see cherry blossoms in bloom, very unusual this time of year! :)
Lake Chuzenji: I wish I could have got it all in one picture!
Lake Chuzenji was gorgeous and it was really fun to walk
along the water with my family. There were people on boats, men fishing, it
felt pretty normal.
Something random I got to do during that day was stop in the hot springs and wash my feet. It's quite amazing what hot spring water can do to your feet! :)
At the end of the day, we went to the harbor on Lake Chuzenji and saw these kind of boats..... I want one!
Overall, it was a super fun day with my host family. Nikko is beautiful and was a great stop on our trip. :)
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