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Irohazaka (いろは坂), a one-way switchback mountain road in Nikkō, Tochigi, is named for the poem because it has 48 corners. The route was popular with Buddhist pilgrims on their way to Lake Chūzenji, which is at the top of the forested hill that this road climbs. While the narrow road has been modernized over the years, care has been ...
Tochigi Prefecture (栃木県, Tochigi-ken) is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. [2] Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,897,649 (1 June 2023) and has a geographic area of 6,408 km² (2,474 sq mi). Tochigi Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the west, Saitama ...
36°45′23″N 139°35′58″E / 36.7565°N 139.5994°E / 36.7565; 139.5994. The UNESCO World Heritage Site Shrines and Temples of Nikkō encompasses 103 buildings or structures and the natural setting around them. It is located in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The buildings belong to two Shinto shrines (Futarasan Shrine and ...
Nikkō (日光市, Nikkō-shi, IPA: [ɲikkoꜜːɕi]) is a city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2 December 2020, the city's population was 80,239, in 36,531 households. The population density was 55 persons per km 2. [1] The total area of the city is 1,449.83 square kilometres (559.78 sq mi). Nikkō is a popular destination for Japanese and ...
Japan National Route 120. National Route 120 is a national highway of Japan connecting Nikkō, Tochigi and Numata, Gunma in Japan, with a total length of 95.2 km (59.15 mi). A section of the highway is designated as a part of the Japan Romantic Road. [2]
Special Natural Monument. Aerial photograph showing the 3 avenues. The Cedar Avenue of Nikkō (日光杉並木, Nikkō suginami-ki) is the popular name for three separate tree-lined sections of roads in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi in the northern Kantō region of Japan. These roads are the Nikkō Kaidō, Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō and Aizu Nishi ...
The Five Routes. The Nikkō Kaidō (日光街道) was one of the centrally administered five routes of the Edo period.It was built to connect the de facto capital of Japan at Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with the temple-shrine complex of the Mangan-ji and Tōshōsha (now called the Rinnō-ji and Tōshōgū), which are located in the present-day city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Initial D Third Stage was a feature film covering the story arcs between the second and fourth stage, released in Japan on January 13, 2001. In 2004, Initial D Fourth Stage aired on SkyPerfecTV's pay-per-view service, airing two episodes back-to-back every two months. 24 episodes were made until the final episodes were aired in February 2006.