"Express Train to Nikko and View of Kinugawa from Rooftop"

I went out to Nikko and the Kinugawa Onsen area to take pictures of something other than Tokyo for a change - and to visit a hot-spring equipped ryokan.  I did my usual routine of taking too many pictures, so now I need some time to sort through them!  In the meantime, here are a few videos from the trip - three from the limited express train I took there, and one from the roof of the ryokan I stayed at.  Incidentally, the city of Nikko is - by area - the third largest city in Japan!  (The biggest two are Takayama and Hamamatsu.)  More about this trip later!

"Nikko-Bound Express - Shinjuku to Ikebukuro" (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L-4HahCW-4

Looking out a left side window of an old 1978 JR Tokkyu express train (with the inside renovated in 2006) as it goes from Shinjuku to Ikebukuro on the first part of its trip to Nikko.

日光行き特急 - 新宿から池袋まで  (2010年)

"Nikko-Bound Express - Window View (A)" (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KECBz9yweIE

Looking out a left side window of an old 1978 JR Tokkyu express train (with the inside renovated in 2006) as it nears Nikko.  (A)

日光行き特急 - 日光の近く  (2010年)

"Nikko-Bound Express - Window View (B)" (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWgJNzEk05c

Looking out a left side window of an old 1978 JR Tokkyu express train (with the inside renovated in 2006) as it nears Nikko.  (B)

日光行き特急 - 日光の近く  (2010年)

"Rooftop View from Funamiso Ryokan" (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDM-s-CLDkM

Looking out over the river from the rooftop of Ryokan Funamiso.

Ryokan Funamisou:
Eng: http://www.japanbooking.info/ryokan/funamisou
Jp: http://funamisou.com/

ニッケン舟見荘屋上ビュー  (2010年)

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://tokyoartmusic.blogspot.com/