Beautiful drive to Nikko
Surrounded by the landscape of Nikko National Park, Kegon Falls is the most famous of Nikko’s waterfalls. Its water flows from Lake Chuzenji, and cascades in a 97-meter drop into a rocky plunge pool surrounded by greenery.
Lake Chuzenji, Japan’s highest natural lake
Nikon National Park - Kegon Falls
Nikko Toshogu is a Tosho-gu Shinto Shrine. Together with Futursan Shrine & Rinno-ji, it makes up the Nikko UNESCO world Heritage Site with 42 structures set in a beautiful forest
Rinno-ji Temple
Futurasan Jinji Shrine
Stable of the shrine’s sacred horses has a carving of the 3 wise monkeys who hear, speak & see no evil, a traditional symbol in Japanese culture
Sleeping Cat - mice were a problem at the shrine until the sleeping cat was carved - no more mice
Walked up 202 steps to see the Inner Shrine & the mausoleum dedicated to Tokugawa leyasu (family, household) founder of the Tokugawa shogunate and where leyasus’ remains are entombed
Mausoleum
Five story pagoda rebuilt in 1818 with a pillar that hangs from chains to minimize damage from earthquakes. Each story represents an element - earth, water, fire, wind and void, in ascending order
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