⽇光 (Nikkō)

⽇光 (Nikkō) is a city of 92 thousand¹ located in the Ashio Mountains of the Kantō Region of Honshū Island, ⽇夲 (Nippon or Japan). The city embraces the entire northwest of the prefecture including a national park. The core of the city is along the Daiya River.² Its Futarasan Shrine, Nikkō Tōshō-gū Shrine and Rinnō-ji (temple) together constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

External references

Tōshō-gū Shrine, Nikkō, Nippon (Japan)

Footnotes

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Japan, accessed 3/25/2014.
2. A tributary of the Kinu, which flows into the Tome.