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TochigiShrines & TemplesCraftsmen were gathered from all over Japan to build it, and where they settled afterwards, three crafts were born: Nikko carving in Tochigi, Suruga doll fittings in Shizuoka, and Iwatsuki dolls in Saitama. One great construction project created the crafts of three prefectures.
TochigiShrines & TemplesA shrine of mountain worship with Mount Nantai as its deity, far older than the Toshogu. The mountain was revered first; the shrine to Ieyasu came later. Once you know the order, the mountain looks different.
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TochigiShrines & TemplesA different shrine from the Futarasan at Nikko, and it too claims to be the first shrine of Shimotsuke Province. The place name Utsunomiya is said to come from the way this shrine was called, Ichinomiya.
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TochigiShrines & TemplesThe carving that guards the way to the inner shrine, attributed to Hidari Jingoro.
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TochigiShrines & TemplesA Kannon carved from a living tree, roots still in the ground. Attributed to the monk Shodo.
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TochigiShrines & TemplesThe largest building at Nikko. Its three principal images correspond to the deities of the three Nikko peaks.
A Kannon 27 metres high, carved into the wall of a worked-out Oya stone quarry.
TochigiShrines & TemplesIt stands beside the Sessho-seki, and carries the legend of the nine-tailed fox.
TochigiShrines & TemplesA place where volcanic gas vents. The nine-tailed fox is said to have turned into this rock; Basho came to see it.
TochigiShrines & TemplesThe guardian of a weaving town. A vermilion hall stands at the top of 229 stone steps.
TochigiShrines & TemplesIt holds what is said to be the largest Ebisu figure in Japan, and draws prayers for wealth.
TochigiShrines & TemplesOne of the three great Daishi temples of eastern Japan, crowded at new year for prayers against misfortune.
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TochigiShrines & TemplesA cedar and an oak joined at the root. The Japanese words for the two trees make a pun on staying together.
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TochigiShrines & TemplesA line of Jizo said to come out at a different number each time you count. They are called the shape-shifting Jizo.