Nikko has been a well-known center of Shinto and Buddhist mountain worship since Toshogu was built in 1617 and Nikko National Park continues to offer scenic, mountainous landscapes, lakes, waterfalls. However, there are still many unfamiliar places of odd sight in Nikko. One of them is Kanmangafuchi abyss. This trip is to visit not only popular sight-seeing spots but also spot of odd sight. If you follow the Daiya river, you will reach a small gorge called Kanmangafucchi Abyss.
At the exit of Tobu Nikko station
Toshogu Shrine is the final resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate that ruled Japan about 260 years. You can enjoy the lavishly decorated shrine complex consists of more than a dozen buildings set in a beautiful forest, countless wood carvings and large amounts of gold leaf decorated buildings.
Taiyuin is the mausoleum of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, the grandson of Ieyasu. The Taiyuin features a mix of Buddhist and Shinto structures. It was common for places of worship to contain elements of both religions.
Kanmangafuchi Abyss was formed by an eruption of nearby Mount Nantai. This gorge near central Nikko is only a few hundred meters
long and can be enjoyed from a pleasant reverside walking trail. Kanmangafuchi is also known for its row of about 70 stones statues of Jizo.
Tamosawa is a park in Nikko city. Originally this building and garden were founded for the villa for the emperor Taishio and now it is opened to the public. This is only one left intact among villas constructed after Meiji area.
After getting off the bus at Shinkyo, we will walk through main Nikko shopping street and go back to Tobu Nikko station.
At the exit of Tobu Nikko station
Guide fee
Guide's transportation, lunch, entry tickets to Toshogu, Taiyuin and Tamozawa villa
Guest's transportation charge, lunch and admission tickets.
Estimated cost for the tour day per person
*Train and bus fare Yen6,500 (including express train fare)
*Admission tickets Yen2,800 (Toshogu, Taiyuin, Imperial villa)
* Lunch Yen1,500~Yen4,000
If guests need to meet the guide at Asakusa station, additional ￥4,000 is required to pay.
1) I can pick up guests at Asakusa station subject to extra charge Yen4,000.
2) Customized tours are available according to guest's need.
3) Tamozawa Imperial villa memorial park close on Tuesday (If Tuesday is a national holiday, the following day close)
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