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Day 5 of 28 · Nikko · Japan Island Immersion: Metropolis to Alpine Peaks

Day 5 — Lake Chuzenji Wilderness

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A road day to your new base in Nikko, with a long drive (4 h 14).

Lake Chuzenji Wilderness
Mount Nantai and Lake Chuzenji seen from the south. © photographed on 14 June 2008 by Uraomote yamaneko — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 3 · Nikko · Japan

We sleep at Lake Side Nikko Hotel, 800 m away

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days 5–6 2 nights 4 h 14 on the road268 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 15. Based on: lake; wetland reached from the stage (Senjogahara).

programme
2 h 45
road
4 h 14
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12 h

To add if time allows: Visiting the ornate Toshogu Shrine complex (3 h) · Relaxing in the sulfurous hot springs of Yumoto Onsen (2 h)

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Spotting wild Japanese macaques in the forest

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