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Torii
(gate) and the ascent up to the Toshogu shrine, the biggest tourist
attraction in Nikko with hundreds of daily visitors |
The famous three monkeys of Nikko - hear no evil, speak no evil and see
no evil |
In Kusatsu-Onsen - a thermal resort on the Japanese romantic road. There's a large hot spring and a steaming waterfall in the middle of the city centre |
In the wooden enclosures, the surplus sulphur is collected so that the
water becomes usable for bathing |
From Kusatsu you can hike up a wide valley - following the small river
where you'll encounter hot water bathing spots and waterfalls Here you'll find a memorial to 2 German doctors - Dr. Julius Scriba and Dr. Erwin Baelz who though his initiative made possible the opening of the volcanic springs in Kusatsu-Onsen. He taught European orthodox medicine in Tokyo for 30 years and his wife was Japanese. As a personal physician to the imperial family, he was the co-founder of modern medicine in Japan In 1905 he returned home to Germany |
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