Nikkō
is a city of the Japan located in the Préfecture of Tochigi.
Distant of approximately 140 km of Tōkyō towards north, Nikkō is located at the foot of the mountains, in the middle of forests of cryptomeria S, Cèdre S and pine S of the National park of Nikkō. The sanctuaries and temples of Nikkō were registered with the world heritage of UNESCO in 1999.
Cultural sites
The history of Nikkō as a religious center goes back to the 8th century. Indeed in 766, during the Period of Nara, Shodo Shonin, buddhist monk of exception, moving towards the Nantai mount, crossed a river, Daiya, and founded the first temple has Nikkō.
Centuries later this city became a Buddhist center then shintoïste, very famous, that the lord Tokugawa Ieyasu chooses for his Mausolée.
This Shogun was the first of the great line. It is him which, having unified the country, prepared its succession so well, that its heirs kept the capacity during the 250 years which followed its death. Indeed, when its Iemitsu grandson made build the Tōshōgū in 1634, for its grandfather, he wanted to illustrate, for his rivals, the richness and the power of the Tokugawa clan.
In this Toshogu temple the famous woodcarvings are of the deadened cat (Nemuri neko) and of the three Singes of the wisdom allotted to Hidari Jingoro.
The decoration of the temples, rich person of bright colors and a great freedom of expression, is single in Japan.
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