Timeless Japan 2019

Nikko City Tour DAY 13

Breakfast and transfer from Cruise Terminal for full day tour of Nikko. First visit will be The Toshogu Shrine which is the main attraction of Nikko. The Shinto shrine is dedicated to the kami (spirit) of Ieyasu who founded the Tokugawa Shogunate, a military

dynasty that ruled Japan from 1603 to 1867. To create a worthy shrine for the shogun, 15,000 craftsman worked for two years, using 2.5 million sheets of gold leaf. The enshrinement of Ieyasu’s spirit is reenacted twice each year in the Procession of the Thousand Warriors.

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