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Mount Nantai constitutes Futarasan Shrine's go-shintai, and the shrine is an important example of this ancient type of mountain cult. [5] Significantly, the name Nantai (男体) itself means "man's body". [5] The mountain not only provides water to the rice paddies below, but has the shape of the phallic stone rods found in pre-agricultural ...
Lake Chūzenji (中禅寺湖, Chūzenji-ko), also called Sea of Happiness [1], is a scenic lake in Nikkō National Park in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.It was created 20,000 years ago when Mount Nantai (2484 m) erupted and blocked the river.
The main trails to the summit are from Nikko Yumoto Onsen via Sotoyama Ridge, Tengudaira, Mae Shirane, Suganuma via Midagaga Pond, and Kinsei Pass from Goshikiyama / Midagaike. [5] It is also possible to climb from Marunuma at the foot of the mountain to an altitude of around 2000m using the Nikko Shirane mountain ropeway, making it relatively ...
Kanmangafuchi Abyss is a place that was formed from the lava from the eruption of Mt. Nantai [12] Lake Chūzenji; Nikko Botanical Garden; Nikkō Tōshō-gū. The three wise monkeys ("See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil") Tamozawa Imperial Villa; Shrines and Temples of Nikkō (Nikkō Tōshō-gū, Futarasan Shrine, and Rinnō-ji) Rinnō-ji ...
The establishment of Nikkō National Park dates to the early 20th century. The Diet of Japan designated Nikkō an imperial park (帝国公園, teikoku kōen) in 1911. The National Parks Law was passed in 1931, and Nikkō National Park was established in 1934. [1]
The precincts of the shrine include eight peaks of the Nikkō Mountains (Mt. Nantai, Mt. Nyōhō, Mt. Tarō, Mt. Oku-Shirane, Mt. Maeshirane, Mt. Omanago, Mt. Komanako, Mt.Akanagi) as well as the Kegon Falls. It covers 3,400 hectares, which is second only to the Ise Grand Shrine in area.
Senjōgahara (戦場ヶ原) is a four-square-kilometre (1.5 sq mi) area in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, in the city of Nikkō.It is 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) above sea-level.
The Nyohō volcano has been the object of Shinto worship since time immemorial, and in the 7th century, in connection with the nearby Mount Nantai, it also became a sacred mountain of Buddhism by the will of the Buddhist monk Shōdō Shōnin, a mountain ascetic and propagator of the Buddha's teachings in the ancient province of Shimotsuke.