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2016/04/30 This time it was the Ashikaga Flower Park in Golden Week.  Ashikaga Flower Park in Tochigi has been nominated as one of the best places to visit by CNN in 2014.  http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/25/travel/cnn-travel-2014-wish-list/ Ashikaga Flower Park is famous for its beautiful Wisteria Flower season which is April and May.  It mainly has Wisteria in different colors. Purple Wisteria White Wisteria Light Purple Wisteria Pale red Wisteria Pale red Wisteria has made a beautiful roof over the head at the Flower Stage. People sit under the cool flower ceiling while beautiful music can be heard over the speakers.  White Wisteria is yet to bloom. It is expected to be a beautiful white ceiling. Thank you Mahesh and Mayuri for joining this expedition. it was fun hanging out with you. All Rights Reserved.

31/12/2007 Nikko toshogu shrine is situated in Nikko city of Tochigi prefecture. This is more famous as the Nikko. NIkko is very famous for it s great architecture.The shrine of Nikko toshogu was built in 766. Tokugawa Iyeyasu and his grand son s remains are entombed here. This shrine is listed as one of the Unesco world heritages. I had the chance to visit the Toshogu shrine on the 31st of December, 2007. I was out in Nikko with my  host family to enjoy a day out on the new year s eve.   14.1 The five floored pagoda at the Toshogu This five floored pagoda represents the earth, water , fire, wind and heaven with each floor ascendingly.  To protect it from earthquakes it is said that a big central pillar is hanged  with chains from the top inside the pagoda.  14.2 Old buildings with attractive carvings     14.3  The tomb of the Tokugawa Iyeyasu and his grand son ...