Lake Chuzenji

One of Drew's students, and his wife, took us on a trip to Lake Chuzenji, in Nikko, on Sunday.  Nikko is THE place to see the fall colors in this region and we were warned that there would be traffic.  Thus, we left at 8:00 am to try to miss some of it.  Well.....what should have been a 2 hour trip turned into a 4 hour trip.  Wow!  I was not expecting that big of a delay.  Luckily, we were in good company and the scenery was worth it.

Lake Chuzenji

View from inside Italian Embassy Villa

Fall colors at the Embassy

On the dock at the Embassy

Marshland

Ryuzu Waterfall

For lunch we ate at a restaurant that specialized in yuba, a tofu byproduct.  I was a little skeptical because I don't really care for tofu, and I doubted that its byproduct could be much better, but it turned out not to be so bad.

I ordered the Yuba Tempura Udon

Drew was stuck with the fish.

One of my favorite sights of the day...

Monkey crossing!