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17 reviews of Nikko Toshogu Shrine

Much more than a temple

Nikko Toshogu Temple is much more than a temple, it's an amazing place located in the middle of a forest whose land smokes due to volcanic activity in the area. This sacred building complex houses the tomb of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and 2 of the most influential figures of the time: Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Minamoto Yoritomo. There are a host of Shinto and Buddhist buildings here and there in a magical place, so much so that we don't know where to point the camera. No wonder the place is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. If you were in the position of having to choose 1 place in Japan to visit it would be difficult.

Tokyo or Kyoto or Nara or Nikko and the Toshogu Shrine. The buildings are made of molded wood and painted in bright colors. The famous 3 monkeys stand out (one covers ears, one mouth and the third eyes) this is interpreted in the Buddhist doctrine of "not listening to the devil, not seeing the devil, not talking to the devil ". As I understand it the devil means bad, impure, I.e. do no evil. Now you know. There is also a famous statue "nemuri neko" or Sleeping cat that has a curious history: It turns out that a certain Hidari Jingoro ve was a renowned carpenter for temples sculpted figures with much success. A rival carpenter quarreled with him and cut off his right arm so that he could not ply his trade, but he devoted himself to training his left arm. The latter carved the cat sleeping and looking left for this very reason. Legend also says that all the surrounding temples are rats. In the top of the place we visited the tomb of Shogun, but this is money that we could have saved because in reality there was nothing more to this construction in the woods and held no attraction for tourists, although historically you cannot deny its importance. The entrance to the temple costs 1000 yen and open from 8-5 pm. They close at 4 pm from November to March as it gets dark very early.
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