Interesting+Facts+About+Nikko

-Nikko is 150 kilometers(93miles) north of Tokyo -Is home of 103 historic buildings -In 1617, Tokugawa Ieyasu was buried in Nikko. -The city lies along the Daiya River -The name Nikkō means “sunlight.” -Mount Nantai lies in Nikko -The Nikko area is famous for its autumn colors. -Founded in the 8th century by the Buddhist priest Shodo -Nikko is known for its shrines -Nikko has 3 main attractions, Shinkyo Bridge, Rinnoji, and Toshogu Shrine -Nikko is located in Tochigi, Japan. -Latitude and longitude 36.75 degrees and 139.6167 degrees -The city is in the mountains -Nikko is kind of like Illinois, it has cold, snowy winters and hot humid summers -Nikko was incorporated as a town in 1889, part of Kamitsuga District. It was upgraded to city status in 1954 after merging with the neighboring village of Okorogawa. -It is most known for Toshogu, Japan's most lavishly decorated shrine -It is also known for the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate -Nikko had been a center of Shinto and Buddhist mountain worship for many centuries -Nikko offers scenic, mountainous landscapes, lakes, waterfalls, hot springs, wild monkeys and hiking trails -Nikko is located along Japan's Romantic Road -Nikko Botanical Garden now exhibits over 1500 different plant species and about 2200 individual plants -Nikko's Shinkyo Bridge is ranked as one of Japan's three finest bridges -Nikko has three sacred mountains Mt. Nantai, Mt. Nyoho and Mt. Taro -Nikko's Tamozawa Imperial Villa is one of the largest remaining wooden buildings in Japan -Rinnoji is Nikko's most important temple