[Nikko Toshogu Shrine] 🍁Relaxed autumn foliage sightseeing🍁

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Date: End of November
Weather: Sunny 19/11℃
The peak time for the autumn leaves in Nikko is between 9am and 2pm. If you are going to Nikko by car on weekends, head there at 8am to avoid the huge traffic jams on Irohazaka. Because it is a busy time, you don't need a map. It gets hot because you basically walk. I had planned to buy a free bus ticket, but I was able to walk more than I expected, and I heard that it is faster to walk during the autumn leaves season, so I did sightseeing on foot.

▼Time schedule
6:17 Depart Otemachi Station (Tokyo)
9:18 Arrive Tobu Nikko Station
9:43 Shinkyo Bridge
9:45 Nikko Shrine and Temple Rocks
9:51 Nikkozan Rinnoji Temple
9:56 Arrive at the entrance to Nikko Toshogu Shrine

▼Nikko Toshogu Shrine - 1600 yen
There is a long line of people buying admission tickets. It opens from 9am, so it may be empty if you come at that time. If you buy your ticket online first and have it issued at the entrance, you can enter without waiting in line. The stairs leading up to the inner shrine are crowded and there is a line, so it is a good idea to go to the toilet just before Nemuneko. It was crowded so it took about 20 minutes. Please note that there is a separate line for visiting Kanasugi.

▼Food
Tsuruya Nikko Omotesando Store - Cheese egg 120 yen
Nasu's rusk shop - An ice cream and rusk shop that randomly puts chocolates of the three monkeys on your ice cream. 650 yen

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