日光（NIKKO）

Leaves are changing the color.

I took a trip to Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture for two days for the weekend. We went there by local train which took about two and half hours to get there. The leaves were very beautiful because its color were changing. The weather there was very nice but it was too cold.

Tosyogu(東照宮)

The entrance of the Tosyogu

We visited Tosyogu which is a very famouse shurine in Japan built in 1612. It is known to be a shrine which enshurine the Edo shogun(tycoon) Ieyasu Tokugawa.

Inside of Tosyogu

The simbole of Tosyogu: Mizaru, Kikazaru, Iwazaru

When you visit Tosyogu, you can see a lot of animals cultivated on the walls of the buildings or gates such as monkeys in the picture above, elephants, and cats. All of the animals are symbolizing the peace.

Three monkeys

There are eight pieces of the relief and all the eight pieces together is showing the three monkeys' whole life. The three monkeys' life on the relief is symbolizing the pieceful human life. Mizaru (don't watch), Kikazaru(don't hear), Iwazaru(don't say) is teaching a lesson what humans should not do to face bad problems in their childhood.