11 Outdoors Nikko Kirifuri-no-taki Falls Tomoko Kamishima The mountain surrounding Kirifuri-no-taki Falls is ablaze with autumn colors in late October.
10 Camping & Trekking Hiking in Nikko in the Rain Larry Knipfing This story focuses on hiking in the rain: Senjogahara, Odajirogahara, Yuno-ko Lake and other places. The people I met along the..
6 Outdoors Nikko's Lovely White Birch Larry Knipfing This story focuses on a simple thing of beauty--the white birch. There are many in Nikko, especially in Senjogahara and Odajirogahara,..
12 Camping & Trekking Mt. Maruyama Hiking Course in Nikko Tomoko Kamishima Mt. Maruyama (1689m) is located in the northeastern part of the Nikko mountain range. The course is a pleasant 2.5-hour roundtrip..
7 Outdoors Nikko's Beautiful Fields Larry Knipfing This story focuses on some of the large fields and marshlands in Nikko. They are wide and vast, and on this day quite misty--a special..
10 Outdoors Nikko's Senju-ga-hama Beach Tomoko Kamishima After a 30-minute walk from Saino-ko Lake, we heard a lapping sound of wate at the unseen shore. A few minutes later, we were standing..
12 Outdoors Nikko’s Yunoko Lake in Autumn Tomoko Kamishima If you want to avoid the busy places in Nikko, the Yunoko Lake area is a nice place to take a deep breath.
10 Outdoors Nikko’s Ryuzu-no-taki Falls Tomoko Kamishima “Ryuzu-no-taki Falls” gets its name from the fact that the falls look like a dragon’s head when you see it looking up from nea..