The (Tosho-gu (日光東照宮) and the Futarasan Shinto Shrines) and the Buddhist temple (The Rinno-Ji) are designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Over a hundred architectural and decorative masterpieces are set in a serene natural old growth forest. Nikko Photo Tour time is a mesmerizing spiritually humbling journey trough time, where Shinto and Buddhist practices are active throughout Nikko dating back to the 8th century.
From the first shogun of the (Tokugawa bakufu 徳川幕府 1603) Tokugawa Ieyasu to The Last Shogun of the (Tokugawa Shogunate 1868) Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Nikko was a place of high importance to all of the fifteen Tokugawa Shoguns. And some say Nikko holds the secret to the lost Honjo Masamune Katana, one of the greatest samurai swords and mysteries!