One day in Nikkō, Japan

A day through Nikkō’s best-known sights that lie close together: Shrines and Temples of Nikkō, Nikko Botanical Garden, Rinnō-ji Temple, Nemuri-neko, Futarasan Shrine and Nikkō Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park. 6 stops, about 3.1 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Shrines and Temples of NikkōMonument · On the map
  2. Nikko Botanical GardenGarden · 1 km on from Shrines and Temples of Nikkō · On the map
  3. Rinnō-ji TempleTemple or shrine · 0.5 km on from Nikko Botanical Garden · On the map
  4. Nemuri-nekoLandmark · 0.5 km on from Rinnō-ji Temple · On the map
  5. Futarasan ShrineTemple or shrine · 0.3 km on from Nemuri-neko · On the map
  6. Nikkō Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial ParkPark · 0.8 km on from Futarasan Shrine · On the map

6 stops, 5.9 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 21 min of walking.

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Photo credits

Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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