9 Sights in Nikko, Japan (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Nikko, Japan! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Nikko. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
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Shinkyo is a vermilion-painted bridge over the Oya River in Kamibachiishi-cho, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture. It is one of the cultural properties that make up the World Heritage Site "Shrines and Temples of Nikko". It is designated as an important cultural property of Japan.
2. Tobu World Square
Tobu World Square (東武ワールドスクウェア) is a theme park in Kinugawa Onsen, Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan. The theme park contains over a hundred 1:25 scale models of famous buildings, including UNESCO-designated World Cultural and Heritage Sites, complete with 140,000 1:25 miniature people.
3. Futarasan shrine
Futarasan jinja (二荒山神社) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as Nikkō Futarasan Shrine, to distinguish it from the Utsunomiya Futarayama Jinja, which shares the same kanji in its name. Both shrines claim the title of ichinomiya of the former Shimotsuke Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually from April 13 to April 17.
4. Ashio Copper Mine
The Ashio Copper Mine was a copper mine located in the town of Ashio, Tochigi, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. It was the site of Japan's first major pollution disaster in the 1880s and the scene of the 1907 miners' riots. The pollution disaster led to the birth of the Japanese environmental movement and the 1897 Third Mine Pollution Prevention Order. It also triggered changes in the mine's operations, which had played a role in the 1907 riots, part of a string of mining disputes in 1907. During World War II the mine was worked by POW forced labour.
5. Chūzen Temple
Chūzenji is a temple of the Tendai sect located in Utagahama on the shores of Lake Chuzenji in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It is a separate temple of Rinno-ji Temple, which is registered as a World Heritage Site, and is positioned as the 18th of the Bando 33 Kannon Shrines.
6. Onsen-ji Temple
Onsenji Temple is a temple of the Tendai sect located in Yumoto, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, and is a separate temple of Rinno-ji. The name of the mountain is Mt. Nikko. The honzon is Yakushi Nyorai. In the back of the warehouse, a bathtub is made by drawing hot springs from the source, so that anyone can visit it. The period is from mid-April to late November.
7. 報徳二宮神社
Hotoku Ninomiya Shrine is a shrine located in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The deity of the festival is Ninomiya Sontoku, and the deity of the shrine is Ninomiya Sonko, the illegitimate son of Sontoku, and Tomita Takakei, the younger brother of Sontoku. The former company name was a prefectural company.
8. Takinoo-jinja Shrine
Takinoo Shrine (滝尾神社, Taki-no-o-jinja), or Takio Shrine, is a Shinto shrine located in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It is affiliated with Futarasan Shrine in the same city, and is one of the shrines and temples of Nikkō that have been listed as a World Heritage Site since 1999.
9. Shōyō Garden
Shōyō-en (逍遥園) is a Japanese garden located next to the Sanbutsudō Hall of Rinnō-ji Temple in Nikkō. It was constructed in early Edo period, but reformed in the beginning of 19th century. The garden was given its name by a Confucian scholar Issai Sato. There is a pond containing carp in the middle; stone lanterns, bridges, bamboo fences, a pagoda, and a small tea house adorn the garden.
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