took the train out and spent the day up in nikko, where there are several shrines and temples, and lots of moss-covered things. it actually reminded me a lot of the cove in how to train you dragon. the temples and shrines were gorgeous, it was such a bummer that we couldn't take pictures at all inside. especially at the rinno-ji temple, where there are three 8 meter tall wooden buddha/deity statues covered in gold. mind-blowingly beautiful. the weather was cool, foggy and drizzly, which really worked out with the mossy ancient environment. there were tons of schoolchildren there on field trips, and one of them had assigned their kids to go up to foreign tourists and ask them questions in english. we, or rather dan, were approached twice. it was quite amusing.
before leaving nikko, we found a little stand by the train station selling some sort of fried snack filled with red bean. it was basically a tempura battered and fried ball of red bean paste, with salt sprinkled on it (same awesome effect as sprinkling salt on carmel) - so good!
we got back to tokyo around 6.30p, specifically asakusa. it was raining pretty hard, so we did a quick walk of the senso-ji temple, before grabbing a quick bite of okonomiyaki (a savory japanese pancake, filled with meat(s) and cabbage) at sometarou. it's a first for me, and very yummy.
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