Tokugawa Garden - A Special Place With A Japanese Ambiance In Nagoya
If you are up for some Japan-like ambiance in Nagoya city, you should certainly visit Tokugawaen (Tokugawa Garden). You might have already seen (or tried) other Nagoya’s trademarks (the castle, or delicacies), but this garden has much to offer, too!
Print from the series “Thirty-six Good and Evil Beauties”
The princess Kiyoshi Hikariin draws her sword in order to avenge herself. The folding screen behind her is decorated with the mon (crest) of the powerful Tokugawa family, who ruled the shogunate during the Edo period.
Nikkō in Tochigi prefecture, Japan - View of the main portal of Nikkō Tōshō-gū, which is a Shintō-Shrine in the city of Nikkō, built in 1617. It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu. This picture is around 100 years old, and shows besides the main portal also Japanese citizen (mainly women) in their typical national dress.