The mountains and rural areas of Japan provide a remarkable contrast to the neon lights and skyscrapers in Tokyo. On Wednesday, students visited Nikko National Park, a World Heritage Site about two hours north of Tokyo.
The group left Tokyo at 9 a.m. on an express train to Nikko, arriving at 11. Nikko is one of 14 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Japan.
The group walked through the park area. Nikko is the site of several important temples and shrines. The surrounding area is filled with mountains, waterfalls and monkeys. A relief carving over a door at Tosho-gu Shrine features the Three Wise Monkeys, known as Mizaru, Kikazaru and Iwazaru – or, the famous representation of the idea, as known in English, to “hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.”
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The group left Tokyo at 9 a.m. on an express train to Nikko, arriving at 11. Nikko is one of 14 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Japan.
The group walked through the park area. Nikko is the site of several important temples and shrines. The surrounding area is filled with mountains, waterfalls and monkeys. A relief carving over a door at Tosho-gu Shrine features the Three Wise Monkeys, known as Mizaru, Kikazaru and Iwazaru – or, the famous representation of the idea, as known in English, to “hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.”
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