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Tobu World Square

Tobu World Square (東武ワールドスクウェア?) is a theme park in Kinugawa Onsen, Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan. The theme park contains over a hundred 1:25 scale models of famous buildings, including UNESCO-designated World Cultural and Heritage Sites, complete with 140,000 1:25 miniature people. On 24 April 2010, a 1:25 scale model of the Tokyo Skytree was unveiled at the park. This is 26 metres […]

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Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura

  Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura (江戸ワンダーランド 日光江戸村 Edo Wandārando Nikkō Edomura?) is a Japanese cultural theme park[1] located in the Kinugawa Onsen area of Nikkō, Tochigi. The park resurrects and showcases the life and culture of the Edo period. Edo Wonderland spans a total site area of 495,000m2 (122.3 acres / 49.5 hectares). The park’s design is based on the Edo period’s golden era known

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Nikko Botanical Garden

The Nikko Botanical Garden (日光植物園 Nikkō Shokubutsuen?, 26 acres, 10.5 hectares, 104,490 m²) is a botanical garden operated by the Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, and located at 1842 Hanaishi, Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, on rolling terrain with streams and ponds at 647 meters above sea level. It is open daily except Mondays during the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.

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Mount Nantai

  Mount Nantai (男体山 Nantai-san?) literally “man’s body mountain”, also called Futara-san (二荒山?)[1] is a stratovolcano in the Nikkō National Park in central Honshū, the main island of Japan. It stands at 2,486 m high. A prominent landmark, it can be seen on clear days from as far as the Pacific coast, 100 km away.

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Kegon Falls

Kegon Falls (華厳滝 Kegon Taki?) is located at Lake Chūzenji (source of the Oshiri River) in Nikkō National Park near the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The falls were formed when the Daiya Riverwas rerouted by lava flows. The main falls had a height of approximately 97 metres (318 ft) and about twelve smaller waterfalls are situated behind and to the sides of Kegon Falls, leaking through

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Lake Chūzenji

Lake Chūzenji (中禅寺湖 Chūzenji-ko?) is a scenic lake in Nikkō National Park in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It was created 20,000 years ago when Mount Nantai (2484 m) erupted and blocked the river. The lake has a surface area of 11.62 km² and a circumference of 25 km. Its elevation at the surface is 1,269 m (4,124 ft), and the water reaches a depth of 163 m (508 ft). The

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