If you are planning a trip to Tokyo is essential to make a little visit to Nikko. Even if time is scarce, this is the only outlet on the outskirts of the city that you can not miss.
There is a Japanese saying which goes: “Do not say that is wonderful until you’ve seen Nikko”, and the truth is that in Nikko is the most impressive monuments in Japan.

Nikko is located 128 kilometers north of Tokyo, easily reachable by train from the capital in a journey that takes about an hour and a half, depends on the airline and trains pack and go.

Once we arrived at Nikko, you can go to the temples by bus, by Tobu company or on the roadside of a beautiful forest that surrounds them. (more…)

If we decide to visit Hiroshima is a must come to Miyajima, a sacred island which is accessible after a few minutes by ferry.

From the sea, the view of Itsukushima Jinja Temple, with its floating “bull” (gate to the temple) are considered one of the most beautiful of the Japanese archipelago.

As this is a sacred island, was formerly forbidden birth, give birth and die in it, so women were banned and the elderly were evacuated to who died elsewhere. (more…)