Taiyuin Mausoleum

Despite being in the middle of a typhoon while visiting my beloved city of Nikko, I decided to spend a day visiting Taiyuin-byō, the mausoleum where the ashes of Tokugawa Iemitsu (the third Shogun Tokugawa clan) have been laid to rest. During my previous visit to Nikko I didn't have time to visit because I was running out of time and it was closing (everything closes around 5:00 pm). So I decided to go despite my wet shoes. It's a marvel to enjoy this temple in harmony with the nature of Nikko National Park and listen to the sound of Japanese cicadas. There are plenty of things to admire in the Mausoleum, for example, the Nitenmon door (the door of the two gods), the largest in Nikko.