Rin’nōji Yakushi-do — Attraction in Nikko

They have a really beautiful dragon art on the ceiling and its a nice temple. However they have strange rules like you have to pick up your shoes instead of leaving them in the shelves. It makes it hard to pray, buy things, or do anything in general. Like I only have one hand to do anything with. I cant grow another pair of hands. They should let you put your shoes somewhere. Also they kind of rush you through even when you are buying gochuin or other souveniers. It feels like a meat grinder. I would advise the staff here to be more patient, especially with the weird...

This hall is famous for the ceiling mural of a dragon. You can enter the hall after taking off your shoes and hear an explanation (in Japanese) from one of the monks. It was one of the coolest paintings I’ve seen in Japan and hearing the echoey “cry” of the dragon was also a cool experience.

The goshuincho, red seal stamp book, design here is very simple and pretty. Since its tucked away and less intricate than other areas, it could be easy to miss. I recommend keeping an...

Was not worth the queue. They make you carry shoes instead using the rack I assume to make it faster / avoid the people who are exiting crossing back but was still slow moving. Once you reached front of queue they pulled foreigners aside to put through in a group but then mix it so also a Japanese group ran at same time. Couldn't hear or understand the person anyways so an extra wait...