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Japan12 Nikko4

Nikko is a town at the entrance to Nikko National Park, a popular destination for Japanese and international tourists. Attractions include three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the mausoleum of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (Nikko Tosho-gu), Rinno-ji Shrine and the Futarasan Shrine, which dates to the year 782. Elevations range from 200 to 2,000 m

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Japan12 Nikko4

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  1. JAPAN Short but sweet touching trip Nikko 4

  2. Tōshō-gū is dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Initially built in 1617, during the Edo period, while Ieyasu's son Hidetada was shogun, it was enlarged during the time of the third shogun, Iemitsu. Ieyasu is enshrined there, where his remains are also entombed

  3. The lower level of Nikko Toshogu Shrine Omizuya, ritual hand washing place - built in 1618

  4. Omizuya, ritual hand washing fountain

  5. Omizuya detail

  6. Omizuya detail

  7. Ritual hand washing fountain are used by worshipers for washing their left hands, right hands, mouth and finally the handle of the water ladle to purify themselves before approaching the main shrine

  8. Omizuya detail

  9. Stone Lantern Kondo-doro Gilded Bronze Lantern

  10. One of the three sacred storehouses Toshogu Shrine Nikko

  11. Kamijinko Azekura-zukuri Storehouse

  12. KamijinkoAzekura-zukuri Storehouse many weapons, important religious accessories, art works, and clothes are stored here for the festival of this Toshogu in Spring and Autumn

  13. Depicted on KamijinkoAzekura-zukuri Storehouse are these golden elephants, said to be based on the sketches of Kano Tan’yu, one of the foremost painters in Japan of the Kano school

  14. Kamijinko Detail of the “Imaginary Elephants” (created by artists who had never seen an elephant) © Ron Reznick

  15. Kyozo Sutra Storehouse

  16. The Kyozo, a storehouse for Sutras (sacred books)

  17. The Kyozo, detail

  18. The storehouses hold costumes and equipment for the Togyosai Festival, a 1000 -person Samurai style procession where the Mikoshi (palanquins for the deities) are carried to the Futarasan shrine.

  19. Shimojinko Azekura-zukuri Storehouse © Ron Reznick

  20. steps leading to the upper level and the Bell Tower

  21. Steps leading to the upper level and the Bell Tower

  22. steps leading to the upper level and the Drum Tower Karadou Torii gate (first bronze Torii in Japan)

  23. steps leading to the upper level and the Drum Tower two almost identical buildings: the Shorō (Bell tower) and the Korō (Drum tower)

  24. the Shorō (Bell tower) and Chousengane Korean Bell

  25. The Chousengane Korean Bell (The diameter of 1m) Messengers from Korea dedicated the bell when they came to Japan in order to celebrate the birth of Iemitsu's son (Later the 4th successive Shogun Ietsuna)

  26. The Shorō (Bell tower)

  27. Large mature ancient specimen of Cryptomeria japonica (syn. Cupressus japonica L.f.) endemic to Japan, where it is known as sugi.

  28. Chousengane Korean Bell

  29. The elephant-like Baku is an imaginary and composite creature from Chinese mythology thought to prevent or devour nightmares. It has the trunk and tusks of an elephant, the eyes of a rhinoceros, the tail of a cow, and the paws of a tiger

  30. The elephant-like Baku

  31. The elephant-like Baku is the eater of bad dreams, and helps to ensure that one’s first dream (Hatsu Yume) during the New-Year holiday is favorable and auspicious

  32. Oranda dōrō (Dutch lantern) offered to Shogun

  33. Oranda dōrō (Dutch lantern) is gift from the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.) presented to the shogun in 1643

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