Exploring Nikko by Bicycle: The Charms of Satoyama
The historical figure usually associated with Nikko is Tokugawa Ieyasu, the powerful shogun whose lavish mausoleum at Toshogu Shrine is the city’s preeminent tourist attraction. Beyond that cluster of religious sites, however, is another Nikko: a rural satoyama heartland in the hills between the Daiya and Kinugawa rivers. In a new bicycle tour organized by
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