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<< Our Photo Pages >> Taiyū-in shrine - Modern Stone Circle etc in Japan in Honshū

Submitted by Aska on Sunday, 05 January 2020  Page Views: 605

Modern SitesSite Name: Taiyū-in shrine Alternative Name: 大猶院 Taiyu-in
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 11.543 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Honshū Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Nikkō (Tochigi prefecture)  Nearest Village: Sannai 山内
Latitude: 36.758470N  Longitude: 139.595410E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Taiyū-in shrine
Taiyū-in shrine submitted by Aska : Site in Honshū Japan The stone lantern garden. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Modern Stone Circle / Monolith in Honshū

Taiyū-in, the mausoleum of the 3rd shogun of Tokugawa Shogunate, Iemitsu TOKUGAWA (1604-1651) who accomplished the isolation of Japan and expelled the foreigners from Japan, lies in the precinct of the UNESCO World Heritage Nikkō shrines and temples including Tōshōgū (日光東照宮). It has a strange dry landscape garden with numerous (315) stone lanterns contributed by feudal lords all over Japan.

Open 8:00-16:30 (-15:30 Nov.-Mar.) all years around, admission 550 Japanese Yen (Taiyū-in only ticket, 2024 price).

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Taiyū-in shrine
Taiyū-in shrine submitted by Aska : Site in Honshū Japan The stone settings close to the hand-washing pavilion at foot of the shrine. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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