Located two hours north of Asakusa, Tokyo, lies Nikko, Tochigi, which hosts a multitude of tourist spots frequented by several excursionists. Among these spots is Nikko Toshogu Shrine, a popular ...

Instead, he planted 40,000 cedar trees along the roads from the sacred bridge at the mountain village of Nikko to several nearby settlements. About 16,000 trees remain 600 years later, and the ...

Nikko is a popular sightseeing spot that is super easy to access from Tokyo! On our trip, we started at the famous Nikko Toshogu Shrine, then visited Lake Chuzenji, Japan’s highest altitude lake, and ...

Nikko is home to the must-see Toshogu Shrine, part of a Unesco World Heritage Site. It's a gold-encrusted, lacquered wonderland that enshrines the first shogun of the Edo period. Foliage-lined ...

Shrine calls visitors to hear, see, speak no evil Helen Stortini NIKKO, Japan ... This luxury hotel is close to Toshogu shrine, the city center and the buses that run to the national park.

Visitors climb stone steps that lead up toward the Yomeimon gate at Nikko Toshogu Shrine. The national treasure is covered with about 240,000 sheets of gold leaf and is decorated with 508 ...

Toshogu is dedicated to the first Tokugawa shogun, Ieyasu, and its style is similar to the shrine in Nikko (also called Toshogu) where he is buried. The Ueno Toshogu was built in 1627, then ...

Many visitors come to see the Nikko Toshogu Shrine, which includes an impressive five-story pagoda originally built in 1650 and the famous carving of the three wise monkeys on the stable for the ...

The Nikko Toshogu Shrine is one of the most famous buildings in Japan. It was built by the Tokugawa Shoguns, who ruled Japan for over 250 years. It is a World Heritage site and receives almost two ...