Day Trip to Nikko
The first day trip that we took in Japan was to a town north of Tokyo called Nikko. I did some research about nearby cities, and was really interested in this one because of the natural beauty surrounding incredible UNESCO heritage sites. There's even a saying in Japanese- "Never say 'kekkō' until you've seen Nikkō"—kekkō meaning beautiful, magnificent or "I am satisfied"-which just proves the beauty of Nikko. Here's a look at my favorite things that I saw and ate during our day trip to Nikko! Transportation The trip from Tokyo to Nikko was pretty simple, and we were able to take all trains run by Japan Railways, which is covered under our JR Pass. Here is the route that we took- JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Utsunomiya Station (this is a bullet train, which means we got there very quickly! We got reserved seats, but there are also unreserved cars if you don't have a Rail Pass and want to save money). Nikko Line fr...