Nikko

Hey everyone,

the Global Training will start tomorrow and the weather is finally hot and dry. Well not really dry, it's humid but it is not raining anymore, thank god.

I had one of the best weekends last week, and of course I want to share it with you.
On Saturday I went to Nikko, a city about 2 and a half hours north of Tokyo. It is a very popular tourist spot, and I can only say, that if you ever visit Japan you should really go there.
There is a lot of history in the region, but also beautiful nature, and I think I got the best of both.

First we went to Toshogu shrine where the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu (a very famous and important shogun and the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunat in 1600) is located. The place is also very famous for its wood cavings of the three monkeys called "see no evil, speak no evil and hear no evil".

We ate Yuba for Lunch, which is famous in Nikko. It is the skin of Tofu and tastes very good. After lunch we drove up the Irohazaka a winding road up a mountain to visit the beautiful lake Chuzenji and the Kegon waterfall.

On Sunday I spent the morning with cleaning, around lunch I meat a friend from work who went shopping for food with me and helped me cook German food. At night some other friends came over and I could finally show them, that German food is not only sausages. And I really hope they liked it.