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Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura is a theme park near Kinugawa Onsen, about 8 km north of central Nikkō, recreating a town of the Edo period (1603–1868). Its streets of merchant houses, a magistrate's office and a ninja residence are staffed by people in period dress, and theatres stage ninja shows and courtesan processions.
Shinkyō is a red-lacquered wooden bridge over the Daiya River at the entrance to Nikkō's shrines and temples. The present arch dates from 1636 and was rebuilt after a flood in 1904; it belongs to Futarasan Shrine and is part of the World Heritage Site. Visitors may walk onto the bridge for a fee.
Rinnō-ji is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Nikkō, traced to the monk Shōdō Shōnin in 766. Its Sanbutsudō, the largest wooden hall in Nikkō, holds three gilded statues of about eight metres, and the temple also owns Taiyūin, the mausoleum of the third shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu. It is part of the Shrines and Temples of Nikkō World Heritage Site.
Tobu World Square is a miniature park in Kinugawa Onsen, about 10 km north of central Nikkō, opened in 1993. It shows over a hundred buildings from around the world at 1:25 scale, from the Parthenon and St Peter's Basilica to Tokyo Skytree and the Empire State Building, set among some 140,000 small figures.
Nikkō Tōshō-gū is the Shinto shrine and mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Most of its buildings were raised in 1636 under his grandson Iemitsu, covered in lacquer, gold leaf and carvings, among them the Yōmeimon gate, the three monkeys and the sleeping cat. It is part of the Shrines and Temples of Nikkō World Heritage Site.
Futarasan Shrine is a Shinto shrine founded in 782 and dedicated to the gods of Mount Nantai, Mount Nyohō and Mount Tarō. Its main hall, built in 1619, stands in cedar forest next to Tōshō-gū and is part of the Shrines and Temples of Nikkō World Heritage Site; the shrine also owns the Shinkyō bridge.
The Tamozawa Imperial Villa was built in 1899 as a summer residence for the future Emperor Taishō, combining an Edo-period townhouse, part of a Meiji-era residence and new wings. Its 106 rooms make it one of the largest wooden villas of its time; visitors walk through the rooms and the surrounding Japanese garden.
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