Places in Japan
Tochigi
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Mashiko: the pottery town in Tochigi
Mashiko is a town of about 20,000 people in Tochigi Prefecture where pottery has been made since about 1853: its kilns, its fair, Hamada Shōji's house, indigo vats and a gate of 1492. -
Nikkō Tōshōgū: the gilded shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu
Nikkō Tōshōgū in Tochigi enshrines Tokugawa Ieyasu as a god. Why his grandson rebuilt it in gold leaf and carvings in 1636, the Yōmeimon gate, the three monkeys and the sleeping cat.