An old Japanese legend tells of a feudal lord who could not afford to make an expensive offering to the Buddhist shrine. Instead, he planted 40,000 cedar trees along the roads from the sacred bridg… ...

Toshogu is dedicated to the first Tokugawa shogun, Ieyasu, ... Karamon, the front gate of the temple, is famous for its dragon carvings. Details. Address 9-88 Ueno Koen, Taito-ku ...

Many visitors come to see the Nikko Toshogu Shrine, which includes an impressive five-story pagoda originally built in 1650 and the famous carving of the three wise monkeys on the stable for the ...

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Looking back from the temple steps, ... Kishu Toshogu Shrine 2 Chome-1-20 Wakauranishi Wakayama 641-0024, Japan Tel: +81 7344 40808. This article first appeared in Malaysia Traveller.

Continue your dragon quest with a visit to Yakushido, to the right as you descend from Yomeimon. Yakushido is a Buddhist temple, technically part of Rinno-ji, in spite of the fact that it sits inside ...

Opened in 1980 to commemorate then-friendly diplomatic relations between Japan and China, the peony garden at Ueno's Toshogu Shrine is home to flowers from both ...