Futirasan-jinja Temple
Rinnoji Temple
Sannai Aera
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Pont des Serpents
Snake Bridge
1636
Le célèbre Pont des Serpents traverse la Daiya et marque l'entrée du centre historique de Nikko.
Il se situe à l'endroit où Shodo Shonin traversa la rivière sur le dos de deux serpents, selon la légende.
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Taiyuin Mausoleum
|  | Taiyu-in Reibyo
Building where Taiyu-in, or the deified image of Tokugawa lemitsu, is enshrined
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Toshogu Shrine
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Torii de granit
1618
The Ishidorii has remained in its original form since its construction. The torii gate is made out of 15 blocks of stone, instead of wood, which is the material usually used for torii.
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|  | Gojunoto
Gojûnotô
Five-Storied-Pagoda
between 1650 and 1818
Tadakatsu Sakai contributed this building in 1650, but was burned down in 1815. Descendant of Tadakatsu rebuilt in 1818. Tadakatsu Sakai was the governor of Obama (Former Fukui prefecture).
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|  | Niomon (4)
Omotemon
Omote gate
1636
Images of the Nioh are put on the side of the Omotemon. Therefore, the Omotemon used to be called Nioh-mon Gate. The Nioh is a pair of Deva Kings, and is guardian of Buddhism. The Nioh was relocated to Taiyuin Mausoleum by the law of Meiji government.
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|  | Shinkyu (5)
Shinkyû
Sacred horse stable
1636
The Shinkyu remains in its original condition, although it's partitioning and its transom have been slightly altered. This structure represents the type of stable found in Shoin-zukuri, the typical architectural style for residences of feudal lords.
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|  | Mizuya
Fountain pavilion
Omizuya
1636
Today, the Mizuya is found in most of the shrine in Japan. Visitors purify their hands and mouths before worship. However, worshippers used to wash their hands and mouths in the natural river and the spring.
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|  | Yomeimon (4)
Yômeimon
Yomei Gate
1636
The name of the Yomeimon came from one of the twelve gates in the Imperial court in Kyoto. That one also was called Yomeimon.
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|  | Tozai Kairo (1)
Tôzai Kairô
1636
The Tozai Kairo is a semi-enclosed corridor. Its northern part was damaged and lost in an earthquake which struck the region in 1647, the other parts that survived the catastrophe remain without any alteration whatever since then.
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|  | Shômen Karamon (1)
1636
Karamon Gate is located after passing through the Youmeimon Gate. This small entrance is the front gate of the most important building, Honsha (Main shrine.)
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|  | Haiden (1)
Sanctuaire
1636
This building consisting of three chambers is a perfect realization of the Gongen-zukuri, a Japanese architectural style in which the Honden (main hall) and the Haiden (worship hail) are linked in an H shape by a central stone-floored chamber called the Ishinoma.
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