Nikko Toshogu Shrine Autumn Grand Festival

Yabusame archery and Togyosai procession

Local: Nikko Toshogu Shrine Data: Mid Oct 2024

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Toshogu Shrine has been undergoing a wide-ranging renovation program since 2007 and is expected to last until March 31, 2024. Works are gradual and isolated to avoid disruption, so it is likely the impact of any visit is minimal.

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A grand festival is held at Nikko Toshogu Shrine twice a year, and in October, includes the Shinto ritual offering of “Yabusame”, firing arrows at targets from atop galloping horses, and the “Togyosai” called “Hyakumonozoroi Sennin Musha Gyoretsu”, in which participants reenact the procession from Sunpu Kuno-zan to Nikko for the reburial of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

In particular, the Hyakumonozoroi Sennin Musha Gyoretsu, during which all 1,200 participants go up and down the road leading to the shrine, surrounding the portable shrine, will really make you believe you have traveled back to the Edo Period.

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