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Tosho-gu History Tour
The Nikko Tosho-gu is a combination Shinto shrine and Buddhist temple dating from 1617 and located in Nikko, two hours northeast of Tokyo at the end of the Edo period Nikko Kaido road.
The Tosho-gu is the resting place for the founder of the Edo shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu who was deified and protects the nation from the Kimon devil’s gate of Japan. Your expert guide takes you through the Tosho-gu and reveals its secrets to you, the visitor!
Meeting Point
At Tobu-Nikko Station - or your central area Nikko lodgings
Tobu-Nikko Station
• Your guide will welcome you at the Tobu-Nikko Station at 09.00 or at your hotel in the central Nikko area.
• Nikko Historical Overview • Kanaya Hotel • Shinkyo - Tenkai, Itagaki Taisuke - Geijo Ishi
Your guide will introduce Nikko during a short walk to the famous Shinkyo bridge and introduce the key personalities and places along the way.
Entrance to Nikko National Park
We will visit 8th century locations like: Shinkyo, Shiunseki, purple smoke stone, Hongo Jinja shrine - Kannon-do, Shihonryu-ji Buddhist temple
• Shodo Shonin, the founder of Nikko in 766
• Rinno-ji - Shoyoen Garden
We next visit the Rinno-ji-ji Buddhist temple and enter the abbots garden, Shoyoen
Tosho-gu
Our next location is the Tosho-gu temple/shrine, the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu
Kanaya Rekishi History House
After our visit to the Tosho-gu, we take a short walk to the Futarasan Jinja, and the Kanaya Rekishi History House, the first inn in Japan
Return to Tobu-Nikko Station
We will return to Tobu-Nikko Station for your 17.30 return train to Tokyo, or back to your Nikko lodgings.
Ending Point
At Tobu-Nikko Station - or your central area Nikko lodgings
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Inclusions & Exclusions
All entrance fees, transfer by bus to Tobu-Nikko Station at end of tour
Lunch, lunch box, snacks, beverages,
Tour Important Information
The visitor will be responsible for booking round-trip tickets to and from Tobu-Asakusa Station in Tokyo.
In Nikko we may opt out for purchasing a box lunch so as to save time in the afternoon for further sightseeing.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
