Nikko

After lunch, we took a local bus up the mountain to Chuzenji Lake and the Kegon Falls which fell 100m. There was a smell of sulphur near the volcanic lake. A group photo was taken by the sign of the G7 whose leaders had met at a lakeside hotel earlier in the year. The town looked as though it was out-of-season.
We returned to Nikko around the hairpin bends on a local bus, and bought food at a convenience store to eat at the ryokan.
In the evening, some of the the group went to a very amusing drag show.
There was no sign of obesity in Japan with few women being taller than 5 and a half feet, and people being slimmer than in the UK in general.
The handle on my holdall was still stuck despite the ryokan manager hitting it with a hammer to try to release it.Read more