A friend I've known for more than 20 years is now president of the Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura cultural theme park in the Kinugawa Onsen area of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.

The Nikko Tosho-Gu Shrine, was built to honor Ieyasu Tokugawa, the first Tokugawa shogun and the founder of the Edo Bakufu, the last feudal Japanese government which existed from 1600 to 1868.

At Nikko's Edo Wonderland, just a couple of hours north of Tokyo, one can literally step into this picture. Edo Wonderland (known in Japanese as "Nikko Edomura") is a theme park showing off that same ...

The most recommended of the lot was a town 120-kilometre away from Tokyo called Nikko in the Tochigi Prefecture. Toshogu shrine As someone obsessed with Japanese food and culture, my maiden trip ...

NIKKO, TOCHIGI, JAPAN, June 9, 2025 /EINPresswire / -- This summer, travel back in time to the vibrant streets of Edo during a special seasonal festival at Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura in Tochigi ...

While the temple dates back to 740, it particularly flourished throughout the Edo period (1603-1868) thanks to the patronage of the Tokugawa shogunate, as often the temple was their first stop on ...

At Nikko's Edo Wonderland, just a couple of hours north of Tokyo, one can literally step into this picture. Edo Wonderland (known in Japanese as "Nikko Edomura") is a theme park showing off that same ...