My Driving-Vacation to Japan Part 4
December 5th 2009 Nikko and Iroha Highway
Nikko is about 150 km north of Tokyo. The cultural highlight of this region is the Toshogu, Japan's most lavishly decorated shrine complex and mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Unlike most Japanese temples and shrines, the buildings here are extremely gaudy and ornate, with multicolored carvings and plenty of gold leaf. There is
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