| Nikko City, newly born by the synoecism of Imaichi City, Old Nikko City, Fujihara Town, Ashio Town and Kuriyama Village on 20 March 2006, is located in the North West area of Tochigi Prefecture. It has been historically developed as temple town of Nikko Toshogu, Rinnoji and the other shrines and temples. Nikko is also endowed with nature, surrounded by such as the Chozenji Lake and Oku Nikko. |
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| upper left：Shinkyo (Hutarasan Jinja) lower left：Sanbutsudo(Rinnoji) right：Youmeimon (Toshogu) |
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Nikko is well known in the world as the city of the World Heritage “Shrines and Temples of Nikko”. This Wolrd Heritage consists of a group of 103 heritage buildings of Toshogu, Rinnoji and Hutarasan Jinja in the Nikko Mountain. This heritage may be considered as the symbol of the history and culture of Nikko. Apart from this cultural richness, Nikko has also “Oku Nikko Marsh”, registered in the site list of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. |
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| upper left：Kegon no Taki lower left：Senjogahara upper right：Nantaisan Mountain lower right：Yutaki |
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Nikko is also famous as ice hockey town. Nikko Kirifuri Ice Area, the host venue of the 2007 IIHF World Women Championship Division I, is also used as the home of Nikko Kobe Ice Bucks, a professional club team played in the Asia League Ice Hockey. Last December, Nikko City held the first Japan Junior and Senior High School Girls Ice Hockey Meet and we may proudly say that the ice hockey fever has been growing enormously in Nikko. |
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Special Thanks to: Nikko City/Nikko Toshogu/Nikkosan Rinnoji/Nikko Hutarasan Jinja |
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