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Detail of wood carvings at Toshogu shrine, Nikko
Nikko
1 five-storied pagoda. The Yomei-mon
gate to Toshogu shrine is lavishly
MAP B1 • Nikko, Tochigi
Prefecture • Tobu Line from Asakusa painted and carved. Ieyasu’s tomb
• Toshogu shrine Open 8am–5pm lies a little higher up a forest path.
(to 4pm Dec–Mar) • Adm
Kawagoe
Nikko’s opulent temples, religious 2
art, sacred store houses, and tombs MAP B1 • Kawagoe, Saitama
are more Rococo than Zen. Chosen Prefecture • Tobu Tojo Line from
in 1617 as the burial site of the shogun Ikebukuro
Ieyasu, Toshogu shrine is a complex of Known as “Little Edo,” Kawagoe once
buildings and mausoleums. It is best prospered as a sup plier of goods for
accessed by the tree-lined avenue the capital. Today, its main draw is its
leading to Rinno-ji temple, with its high street, Ichiban-gai. Many of its
thousand-armed Kannon statue and warehouses have been converted into
stores, galleries, and museums.
FARTHER AFIELD Yamawa, a ceramic store inside one
of these buildings, is a fine exam ple of
0 kilometers0 kilometers 20 20 the architecture of these fireproof
JOBAN EXPRESSWAY
Chichibu
0 miles0 miles 20 20 Chichibu 60 miles60 miles Noda JOBAN EXPRESSWAY Ushiku ItakoItako godowns. Toki no Kane, a wooden bell
Noda
tower down a lane off the main street,
Ushiku
Inashiki
OmiyaOmiya 6 6 Inashiki has become a symbol of the town.
KawagoeKawagoe
Chichibu TamaChichibu Tama 299 299
Railway Museum, Omiya
HIGASHI KANTO
National Park National Park SaitamaSaitama 3
EXPRESSWAY
EXPRESSWAY
Kashiwa HIGASHI KANTO MAP B1 • JR lines from Ueno
Kashiwa
Okutama
Okutama Tokorozawawa 16 16 • Open 10am–6pm Wed–Mon
Tokoroza
Nar
Kamagaya Naritaita NaritaNarita • Adm • www.railway-museum.jp/en
Kamagaya
Edo-Tokyo Open-
411 411 Edo-Tokyo Open-AirAir This interactive museum is devoted to
Funabashi
Architectural Museum
Architectural Museum Funabashi
TOKYOTOKYO the history of Japan’s railways since
Yamanashi
Yamanashi Mt Takaoao 126 126 their inception in 1872. There are 30-
Mt Tak
Hachioji
CHUO EXPRESSWAY Hachioji Chiba odd previously used train engines and
CHUO EXPRESSWAY
Chiba
KofuKofu
Otsuki
Otsuki 20 20 HanedaHaneda TokyoTokyo carriages on display, and you can play
Ichihara
TATEYAMA EXPRESSWAY
Sagamihara KawasakiKawasaki BayBay Ichihara ToganeTogane at driving a shinkansen (bullet train).
Sagamihara
Yamato TATEYAMA EXPRESSWAY
Yamato
Fujiyoshida YokohamaYokohama
Fujiyoshida
KisarazuKisarazu
MountMount TOMEI EXPRES S WAY FujisawaFujisawa KimitsuKimitsu
TOMEI EXPRES S WAY
Southern Alps s Gotenba 138 Odawara Chigasaki 1 KamakuraKamakura Yokosuka
FujiFuji
Southern Alp
1
138
Chigasaki
139
Odawara
139
Yokosuka
Gotenba
The Top 10 Sights
Fujinomiya HakoneHakone BosoBoso see pp113–15
Fujinomiya
PeninsulaPeninsula Restaurants
Miura
Miura
Manazuru
Manazuru see p117
Fuji Fuji
S agamiS agami The Best of the Rest
Atami
Mishima
Mishima Atami see p116
BayBay
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Engines on display, Railway Museum
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