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 City in Tochigi Prefecture is known for the Nikko Toshogu Shrine, a World Heritage Site just around 2 hours by train north of Tokyo. This city boasts an abundance of seasonal spots packed with ...

Toshogu Shrine, said to be the most important in Nikko, consists of 22 buildings constructed at a time when Japanese architecture reached a peak of achievement. The job occupied about 15,000 ...

The first stop in the park is Lake Chuzenji and Kegon Falls. The 320-foot waterfall is relaxing, the lake is crowded. Yumoto, a small, hot springs town near Lake Yunoko, is by far a better option.

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 ...

One must-see sight when visiting Nikkō is Kegon Waterfall, ranked as one of Japan’s three most scenic. An elevator takes visitors down to an observation platform level with the waterfall basin ...

It was a round-trip at rental cycle. Speaking of Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture, Tokugawa Ieyasu is a cultural asset such as Toshogu Shrine, Ring Owazaki Shrine and Futariyama Shrine, which is one of ...

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 ...

Traditional Japanese horseback archery, known as "yabusame," was showcased on Wednesday at the Nikko Toshogu Shrine in Tochigi Prefecture. Ten archers, dressed in colourful traditional attire ...