Ten archers dazzled spectators at the Nikko Toshogu shrine during the autumn festival by performing "yabusame," the ...
Traditional Japanese horseback archery, known as "yabusame," was performed on Wednesday at the Nikko Toshogu Shrine in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo.
In November of last year, Iehiro embarked on pilgrimages to the Kunozan Toshogu shrine in Shizuoka Prefecture, Nikko Toshogu shrine in Tochigi Prefecture and other facilities dedicated to Ieyasu ...
Nikko, which is best known for its historic Toshogu shrine, isn't marketing itself to North American visitors as an alternative to Tokyo. It can't compete with the urban energy of Japan's capital.
The interior is just as gorgeously embellished. The waiting room is modeled after the grand Yomeimon Gate at Nikko Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture. Flowers, a dragon and other motifs a ...
Video. Ten archers dazzled spectators at the Nikko Toshogu shrine during the autumn festival by performing "yabusame," the ...