Tochigi, Japan

Travel Blogs from Tochigi (124)

Wax on wax off, Nikko, Japan travel blog
Wax on wax off
Mar 24, 2006

... decorated with a number of Christmas decorations including pictures of Santa and a large illuminated snowman in the hall, heck it is Japan after all. Anyway I set off towards to the temples but on arriving around 4pm they were just closing for the day, ...

A travel blog entry by alasdairm
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Typhoon Antics, Nikko, Japan travel blog
Typhoon Antics
Aug 5, 2003

... to the famed carving of the see no hear no speak no monkeys. And seemingly home also to the foreign mega star. Living in Japan you get used to the looks of interest but Nikko was something else. Autographs requested, lots of posing (can we take your ...

A travel blog entry by itsem
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Nikko Take Two, Nikko, Japan travel blog
Nikko Take Two
Mar 25, 2006

... and somewhat spoiled the old atmosphere of the place. That's not to say they were that old anyway as with most places in Japan they had been rebuilt recently due to being destroyed by either fire, earthquakes or World War II. After taken my shoes off ...

A travel blog entry by alasdairm
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Shinkansen to a Ryokan, Nikko, Japan travel blog
Shinkansen to a Ryokan
Jul 17, 2005

... in various parts of Asia but the whole Shinto thing was new to me. I've since learnt it's the indigenous religion of Japan consisting chiefly in the cultic devotion to deities of natural forces and veneration of the Emperor as a descendant of the sun ...

A travel blog entry by byrnedm
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Attractions in Tochigi (16)

Toshogu Shrine
Toshogu Shrine

Nikko, Tochigi, Kanto, Japan

4.00

This is the shrine and mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu who lived during the 15th and 16th centuries and was the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. His efforts to unify warring Japanese factions lead to a period of 250 years of peace.
Peace Pagoda
Peace Pagoda

Bainbridge Island, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Kanto, Japan

0.00

Cryptomeria Avenue
Cryptomeria Avenue

Nikko, Tochigi, Kanto, Japan

4.00

Futarasan Shrine
Futarasan Shrine

Nikko, Tochigi, Kanto, Japan

0.00

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