Shrines and Temples of Nikkō
日光の社寺
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Our guide
The World Heritage Site “Shrines and Temples of Nikkō”, listed by UNESCO in 1999, takes in 103 buildings and structures together with the natural setting around them. They belong to two Shinto shrines, Futarasan Shrine and Tōshō-gū, and one Buddhist temple, Rinnō-ji. Nine of the structures are National Treasures and the other 94 Important Cultural Properties.
Two of them have their own pages: Rinno-ji Temple, about 100 m from the point this page is mapped to, and Nikko Toshogu, about 500 m. Tamozawa Imperial Villa is about 1 km away. Tōbu-Nikkō Station is about 1.7 km off.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Nikko toshogu shrine — Koichi Sato · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Nikko Toshogu Yomeimon M3249 — Fg2 · Public domain · source · resized
- Shrines and Temples of Nikkō 2023-08-25 (12) — Mauricio V. Genta · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Shrines and Temples of Nikkō 2023-08-25 (01) — Mauricio V. Genta · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Shrines and Temples of Nikkō 2023-08-25 (02) — Mauricio V. Genta · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Shrines and Temples of Nikkō 2023-08-25 (03) — Mauricio V. Genta · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Shrines and Temples of Nikkō 2023-08-25 (04) — Mauricio V. Genta · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Shrines and Temples of Nikkō 2023-08-25 (09) — Mauricio V. Genta · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Shrines and Temples of Nikkō 2023-08-25 (10) — Mauricio V. Genta · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Shrines and Temples of Nikkō 2023-08-25 (13) — Mauricio V. Genta · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
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 Tōshō-gū) and one Buddhist temple (Rinnō-ji). Nine of the structures are designated National Treasures of Japan while the remaining 94 are Important Cultural Properties. UNESCO listed the site as World Heritage in 1999.
Background text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Nearby station
Nearby station: Tōbu Nikkō (Tōbu Nikkō Line), about 1.7 km from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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