The most beautiful mountains of Nikko 日光連山

The most beautiful hikes in the mountains of Nikko

Nikko is one of the cities that best sums up Japan. For more than a millennium it was one of the greatest spiritual centers of Japanese Buddhism and, at the same time, has housed the tomb of the unifier of Japan since 1636: Ieyasu Tokugawa. But the city also boasts its beauty surrounded by a belt of beautiful mountains, which is not to be missed!

Buddhist sacred mountains

The Nikko Mountains are a group of volcanoes located between the prefectures of Tochigi and Gunma whose activity stopped nearly 12,000 years ago.

These mountains became sacred to Japanese Buddhism in the 8th century at the instigation of the monk Shodo Shonin, founder of the eponymous city and great Buddhist missionary in the region of Shimotsuke (today Tochigi). We also owe him the construction of the Futarasan shrine and the Rinnô-ji temple

Shôdô Shônin statue in Nikko

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Le mont Nantai et le lac Chuzenji

Mount Nantai and Lake Chuzenji

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View of Mount Nyôho from Nikko

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Summit of Mount Nikko-Shirane

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Address, timetable & access

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    From JR Kita-Senju station in Tokyo, take the Nikko-Kinugawa line (2700 yen - $29/25€) to Nikko station (1h50).

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