(A Tree on Chuuzenji-Lake)
Yesterday, Tomo, Rin, Fumi, and I went to Nikko to see the 紅葉 （こうよう） or the changing of the leaves. We were planning on going to Nasu first to play Disc Golf, but because it rained we probably couldn't have played, so we went ahead to Nikko instead of going to Nasu first.
It was a good thing we didn't stop at Nasu first because on the day we wanted to see the famous Kegon falls, there was some accident up along the famous I-ro-ha road (this road has a certain amount of turns representing good luck I think) and it took us about two and a half hours to get to the top, but after that we had really no problems with the rest of the day.
(A picture of the very long line on I-Ro-Ha rode leading up the mountain.)
We parked near Chuuzenji lake a very famous lake and it was beautiful! The lake with all the trees changing leaves were a very pretty sight! I just wish that cameras had the ability of the human eye because there is no camera around that could have captured the same atmosphere. We goofed around for a while making videos and taking pictures, but on our way to find lunch there were three monkeys on the roof of one of the buildings really close to us! I was surprised because I heard that monkeys are in the area, but I never thought they would be close to human establishment!
(A picture of the lake with the foliage of trees in the background)
(Monkeys!)
We decided to eat at a ramen restaurant and the food was good. More and more am I finding that I am becoming sort of like Brian was to Pan (bread) as I am to Ramen. Ramen is known in the states usually in the form of instant ramen, but real thing is 100 times better. Plus, if you have a cold (which I did at the time) you feel all the better after eating a warm bowl of what is essentially soup and noodles in a bowl. The weather was freaking cold though. Because we spent most of the time near mountains or chuuzenji lake, the wind could be easily felt.
(The road we were on with all the restaurants)
After lunch, we went to Kegon-no-taki (Kegon falls) to see the waterfalls. We picked up some Chestnut ice cream, which I didn't get, but I got to taste it and the taste was interesting. It was like if the ice cream itself was of a peanut like flavor, but the taste was authentic.
(Rin, Fumi, and I at keggon falls)
After that we went to Ryuutou-no-taki (Or dragon's head falls, because the waterfall looks like a dragon's head). I don't really think the waterfall looks like a dragon's head, but it does look a lot like the normal kanji character for ryuu (or dragon). I think that's where the resemblance comes from.
(Dragon's Head falls, in all it's glory)
http://www.japanesetattoo.co.cc/images/Japanese%20tattoo-kanji.jpg
(Compared to the Chinese Character for Dragon)
We wanted to see Toushougu (it would be my second time seeing it), but because it was getting late as the sun was going down and there are no natural lights around the shrine area, it would have been pointless to go to see everything so we made a promise to go back sometime. I dunno if Tomo and Fumi will return before Rin and I have to return, but I am willing to see the place in the winter (which will probably be 10x worse with the coldness, but I bet more beautiful than it was today.
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