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Japan Old Hand Tinted Postcard Temple THE SHRINE NIKKOVintage Hand Tinted Colour Postcard. Trees. Temple, The Shrine, Nikko. With cachet 44.3.4. 日光名所 雙輪塔 三佛塔.Background: Nikkō (日光市; -shi, lit.: sunlight) is a city located in the mountains of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Located about 140 km to the North of Tokyo, it is a popular destination for Japanese tourists, housing the mausoleum of famed shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (Nikko Toshogu) and that of his grandson Iemitsu, as well as the Futarasan Jinja, a shrine which dates to the year 767.
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