Nikko, I recently spent two days in Nikko a popular sightseeing spot just outside of Tokyo. I had a great time and managed to see the impressive world heritage shrines and temples, as well as the lake and waterfall surrounded by autumn in Japan. 

Nikko 2 

Ghost Lantern! This ancient lantern supposedly transformed into a monstrous shape at one point during the Edo period, it still bears the blade marks where the samurai attacked it! 

Temple roof. 

Nikko waterway 1 

Nikko waterway 2 

This small feline carving is famous in Japan. 

Line of lanterns. 

Lantern hole. 

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Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil. These famous monkey carvings can be seen in Nikko. 

This structure houses 1000 books for instruction in Buddhism. 

Kegon falls  

Kegon falls in Nikko 2 

Nikko's lake in with Autumn leaves. 

On the lake in Nikko. Behind me is the Man-Mountain, the largest mountain in Japan said to contain a god. 

Lake in Nikko 

Two friends at an art university open day in Tokyo. 

Rainy bridge in the night on the way out of Nikko. 

Inside the big wheel. 

Japan's biggest big wheel in Yokohama! 

Yokohama fairground (the wheel is visible behind) 

Foreigners cemetary 2 

The city of Yokohama features an old cemetary for foreign people who died in Japan.  

China-Town temple guardian