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diff --git a/src/inc/nikko.htm b/src/inc/nikko.htm index 12fb456..28d7ca3 100644 --- a/src/inc/nikko.htm +++ b/src/inc/nikko.htm @@ -3,17 +3,23 @@ <ol> <a href="#top">back to top</a> <li> +<a href="#getting-there" id="toc-getting-there">getting there</a> +</li> +<li> <a href="#exploring-nikkō" id="toc-exploring-nikkō">exploring nikkō</a> </li> <li> <a href="#hotel" id="toc-hotel">hotel</a> </li> +<li> +<a href="#trails" id="toc-trails">trails</a> +</li> </ol> </nav> <span class="date"> 2023-04-30 (2 days) </span> -<!-- TODO: header picture? --> +<h2 id="getting-there">getting there</h2> <p>Before leaving home I had gotten myself an international Drivers License, that gives you a permit to drive in many countries (outside the EU) for up to 3 years. It only costs 15 EUR in Berlin and I had set the @@ -27,8 +33,8 @@ href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikk%C5%8D">Nikkō</a>, another common day trip destination from Tokyo that I had not done and conveniently located along the Tōhoku Shinkansen line. My plan was to take the train to Utsunomiya, rent a car from there and continue towards -Nikkō, with the eventual goal being a hotel at the shores of -Chuzenji-ko.</p> +Nikkō, with the eventual goal being a hotel at the shores of <a +href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ch%C5%ABzenji">Chuzenji-ko</a>.</p> <p>So I start the day nice and early on one of the first trains out of Ueno terminal. It’s another grey morning in Tokyo with the weather forecast promising sunshine for the next day at least. When I arrive in @@ -70,12 +76,17 @@ class="footnote-ref" id="fnref3" role="doc-noteref"><sup>3</sup></a>. This costs ¥4000 and takes up to 2 weeks (according to their website). So there is no way I can work this out today.</p> <aside class="notice"> -I applied to receive a translation on the same day from that Starbucks -and received the notification the next week. It seems that 2 weeks is a -very conservative estimate. A curious details is that you don’t receive -a PDF, but instead a button to issue 7ELEVEN “Net Print Service” codes -(that are one-time use only), which you then take to a convenience store -and print out on their printer. +<p> +I applied to receive a translation on the same day while sitting at that +Starbucks and received the notification the next week. It seems that 2 +weeks is quite a conservative estimate. +</p> +<p> +One curious detail is that you don’t receive a PDF, but instead a button +to issue 7ELEVEN “Net Print Service” codes (that are one-time use only), +which you then take to a convenience store and print out on their +printer. +<p> </aside> <p>Now that I am dependend on public transport my schedule is a lot more constricting. The hotel I booked is served by a bus that runs every @@ -84,7 +95,6 @@ spend time around today’s destination: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrines_and_Temples_of_Nikk%C5%8D">Tōshō-gū et al</a></p> <h2 id="exploring-nikkō">exploring nikkō</h2> -<!-- TODO: write until i am on the bus --> <h2 id="hotel">hotel</h2> <p>The bus ride to the hotel is a little event in itself. From the main tourist area around the temple grounds there is quite the elevation @@ -112,49 +122,46 @@ work or going out, but here it really makes a difference. I have the place for myself (at least for a bit).</p> <p>The indoor bath has a huge window out to the forrest but since it’s dark and the room is lit up, that is not really useful.</p> -<!-- TODO: try to recall more about the bath layout --> <p>There isn’t really much to do and I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow, so I decide to just go to bed early.</p> <p>After getting up, there is obviously breakfast first. The room fee includes a full course Japanese breakfast, so rice and various side -dishes <!-- TODO: breakfast picture? --></p> +dishes </p> <p>At this point I still don’t know how to get to my planned destination -for today, the Senjogahara wet lands, 10km from the hotel. -<!-- TODO: ??? --></p> +for today, the Senjogahara wet lands, 10km from the hotel. </p> <p>The other problem I am faced with is how to make it back to the station in time for the train back to Utsunomiya and eventually Tokyo. At the front desk I get told that the hotel provides a free bus back to Nikko at 11:00, but that is not helpful, since I have already seen the sights around there and want to explore the area in the exact opposite -direction.</p> -<!-- -- explored temple grounds in nikko -- beer next to the bus stop -x last bus to hotel -x ordered dinner into the room - gyudon -x bath looking onto drive way -x simple japanese breakfast -- didn't take free bus to station -- senjogahara (lol monogatari) -- walked along lake shore -- twin-dragon falls(?) -- walk through national park(?) -- was a bit afraid because of the bear signs -- recorded my walk through the "wet lands" -- 20km covered on foot that day -- took the bus back from onsen town (need to find name) -- express train from nikko -> ueno, forgot to get express ticket and had no -cash, conductor was annoyed but i could stay on board until tokyo bc it was all -that was next stop anyway - -travel notes: -- shinkansen from ueno -- train to nikko -- bus to hotel -- walking to senjogahara -- bus to nikko -- express train to ueno ---> +direction. After some research online I find that the same bus I came +with yesterday goes aroud in a loop. So I decide to take off on foot for +now and catch it on the trip back to the station later that day.</p> +<h2 id="trails">trails</h2> +<p>So I begin walking at the lake shore alongside the road, follwing the +sign for the Lake Chuzenji Nature Trail. There are some larger +information boards that tell the histories of a small memorial garden +and the lake house. It doesn’t take very long before I reach +Shobugahama, where I start following the path towards <a +href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABzu_Falls">Ryuzu Falls</a>. +The waterfall is on the way to where I want to make it today, so I put +off my plan to find a bus stop that could take me to <a +href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senj%C5%8Dgahara">Senjōgahara +Marshland</a>, and check them out first. I just follow the marked trail +which takes me up the hill next to the falls and into a web of paths +through a wooded area tracing the Yu river.</p> +<p>At this point my plan has shifted to walking all the way up to the +entrance of the wetlands walking trail, exploring there and then finding +a bus stop to take me back to Nikkō. The weather is great and it +surprises me how accessible the trails around here are. Although after +some kilometers I encounter a gate into the Senjōgahara park area, which +is apparently fenced off to keep deer <em>in</em>. I wouldn’t mind deer, +but the entrance is also plastered with signs warning the inclined hiker +of bears!</p> +<p>Once I arrive at the Senjōgahara Plateau Nature Trail, a raised +wooden walkway straddling the open grassland, I start my GoPro and put +in my OKM II microphones. <a href="#fn5" class="footnote-ref" +id="fnref5" role="doc-noteref"><sup>5</sup></a></p> <section id="footnotes" class="footnotes footnotes-end-of-document" role="doc-endnotes"> <hr /> @@ -163,10 +170,15 @@ role="doc-endnotes"> role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li> <li id="fn2"><p>unless you are lucky, which I will be today<a href="#fnref2" class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li> -<li -id="fn3"><p>https://english.jaf.or.jp/driving-in-japan/drive-in-japan/about-dltas<a +<li id="fn3"><p><a +href="https://english.jaf.or.jp/driving-in-japan/drive-in-japan/about-dltas" +title="wikilink">https://english.jaf.or.jp/driving-in-japan/drive-in-japan/about-dltas</a><a href="#fnref3" class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li> <li id="fn4"><p>a rice bowl topped with braised beef<a href="#fnref4" class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li> +<li id="fn5"><p>prior to leaving for Japan, I started experimenting with +binaural audio recording as a way to capture memories. I have a page +with some notes around the setup and some recordings here: {rec}<a +href="#fnref5" class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li> </ol> </section> |