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A short bus ride from the station plaza brings you to the red-lacquer Shinkyo (“Sacred Bridge”), a 28-m (92-ft) span over the Daiya River, where your exploration of Toshogu begins.
At the top of the steps is the two-story Yomeimon, the “Gate of Sunlight” — the triumphal masterpiece of Toshogu, rightly declared a National Treasure.
The most impressive historical monument on the eastern shore of the lake is Chuzenji, a subtemple of Toshogu’s Rinnoji.
Iemitsu, who was Ieyasu’s grandson and the third Tokugawa shogun (1603–1651), undertook the building of Toshogu.
Inside the gate to the left is the Mikoshi-gura, a storeroom for the portable shrines that grace the semi-annual Toshogu Festival processions (18 May and 17 October).
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