The city
of Nikko, Tochigi prefecture distance about 2 hours from Tokyo is famous for
its UNESCO World Heritage shinto shrine called, TOSHOGU and theme park called
EDO WONDERLAND.
This
Toshogu shrine was established in 1617 as a lavish memorial for Tokugawa
Ieyasu, the founder of long Edo Period.
Nikko
Toshogu is a shrine comples consists of more than dozen buildings set in a
beautiful forest,wood carvings and large amount of gold leaf were used to decorate
the buildings. There you can find most famous wood carvings of three monkeys, “see
no evil, speak no evil and hear no evil”.
Edo
Wonderland is a Japanese cultural theme park in Nikko and you can enjoy a life
of people here in Japan in Edo period. You see samurai, ninja, geisha and
village girls all over the park and actually you can transform into one of
them! You will experience the life and foods back in Edo period there!
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