Tokugawa's Grave

Ieyasu Tokugawa was born in the warring states period. He survived the chaos, and unified the entire country of Japan.
"Enshrine my dead body in Mt. Kuno (His hometown in Shizuoka prefecture) for the first year of the death. (Omission) And build a small shrine in Nikko and enshrine me as the God. I will be the guardian of Japan."
Ieyasu was dead on April 17th, 1616, when he was 75 years old. Ieyasu aimed to be the guardian of Japan. Nikko is located on the north of Edo. The north was considered as the taboo direction, where demons come into. Therefore, he wanted to place himself in the taboo direction in order to protect Japan from the evil things. He hoped long life of Tokugawa government and the eternal peace.

The shrines here were set in a grove of magnificent ancient Japanese cedars planted over a 20-year period during the 1600s by a feudal lord named Matsudaira Masatsuna. Some 13,000 of the original trees are still standing, adding a sense of dignity to the mausoleums and the shrines.
There are two trees near the Okusha-houtou, and these are called Kanousugi and Fu. The Kanousugi is believed that it makes your wish comes true.