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Honden roof
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Side gate to Honden
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Side gate
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Side gate roof
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Tokugawa crest
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Honden Hall of Kunozan Toshogu Shrine at Nihondaira, Shizuoka. The shrine's focal point and most magnificent building. Important Cultural Property.
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They repaint and lacquer the shrine only once every 50 years. It takes several years to complete the job and they just finished it in 2006.
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The shrine looks spanking new and the colors are very impressive. It cost 1,300,000,000 yen to restore the lacquer and paint.
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Lion dog painting on the Hionden Hall.
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Honden Hall roof
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Roof corner
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Carving
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Honden Hall
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It takes about 30 processes to restore the lacquer.
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Plexiglass protects the lower carvings.
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Karamon Gate door carving
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View from Karamon Gate
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Honden Hall
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Gate to Tokugawa Ieyasu's tomb is also an Important Cultural Property. 廟所
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Approach to Ieyasu's tomb
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Tokugawa Ieyasu's tomb at Kunozan Toshogu
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Tokugawa Ieyasu's tomb at Kunozan Toshogu. The tomb actually faces west, toward Okazaki in Aichi Prefecture where Ieyasu was born. 神廟
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Tokugawa Ieyasu's tomb at Kunozan Toshogu
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Kunozan Toshogu Shrine Museum has about 2,000 pieces in its collection of mostly everyday things used by Ieyasu and other Tokugawa shoguns. Besides swords, there are Western articles. 博物館
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Inside Kunozan Toshogu Shrine Museum, articles belonging to Ieyasu are displayed. If you're Spanish, you'd be interested in seeing the Spanish clock owned by Ieyasu. Admission charged.
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Lookout deck
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View from lookout deck
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Gate keeper station 門衛所
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Stone steps going down to the coast. It takes about 20 min. to go down these stone steps to the bottom. There are 1,159 stone steps which don't mean much unless you're climbing up.
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It might take at least 30 min. to go up these steps, 1,159 steps spanning 760 meters with 17 switchbacks.
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Nice view from the stone steps. Those vinyl houses are growing strawberries which are sold everywhere at the foot of Kunozan during Jan. to May.
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Stone steps 石段
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Plum garden marker
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Plum garden marker
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Plum trees
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Stone torii 山下石鳥居
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Torii with Kunozan in the background.
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Parking area for people going to Nihondaira via the steps up the mountain. Near here is the bus stop for Shizuoka Station.
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