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Autumn is a really beautiful season in Japan. Everybody goes out to admire the fire-red leaves, and so did we. As if we hadn’t seen enough temples in China the weekend before, we took a day trip to Nikko, a 2-hour train ride north of Tokyo (on a tiny and really, really slow train - nothing to do with the high tech Shinkansen). The place accommodates an impressive complex of temples and shrines, beautifully bedded in the mountains, in an area that is particularly famous for viewing the autumn leaves.

So no wonder Nikko was pretty crowded, but as we walked away from the most central sites the crowds dispersed and we found some calmer spots, too. Definitely worth the visit at this time of the year – the autumn leaves ARE beautiful (and this from two persons who are neither nature nor temple freaks).