From Tokyo: Nikko Toshogu Shrine and Kegon Waterfall Tour

At the UNESCO World Heritage Site Nikko Tosho-gu, among the many beautiful carvings you will find the famous Three Wise Monkeys, the Sleeping Cat and the Imagined Elephants

A scenic highway connects the city of Nikkō with the Oku-Nikkō area. It is divided into two one-way roads, Iroha-zaka No. 1 and No. 2, which traverse the 440-meter difference in elevation between the Umagaeshi area at the bottom and Lake Chūzenji at the top through a series of switchbacks. “Iroha” is the name of a poem that uses each of the 48 characters of the Japanese syllabary exactly once. The poem appears, one character at a time, on signs at each bend in the road. The first 20 characters appear on the ascending route (No. 2), while the descent (No. 1) starts from the 21st character and finishes the poem.

Lake Chuzenji (中禅寺湖, Chūzenjiko) is a scenic lake in the mountains above the town of Nikko. It is located at the foot of Mount Nantai, Nikko s sacred volcano, whose eruption blocked the valley below, thereby creating Lake Chuzenji about 20,000 years ago

The almost 100-meter tall Kegon Waterfall (華厳の滝, Kegon no take) is the most famous of Nikko s many beautiful waterfalls. In fact, it is even ranked as one of Japan s three most beautiful falls, along with Nachi Waterfall in Wakayama Prefecture and Fukuroda Waterfall in Ibaraki Prefecture

The bridge is ranked as one of Japan's three finest bridges together with Iwakuni's Kintaikyo and Saruhashi in Yamanashi Prefecture.