The temple complex is formed, the GU was formed around the tomb of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. According to the legend, the dying, the shogun ordered the big feudal lords to contribute to the construction, in fact, own the monument.

Ruler and military leader Tokugawa Ieyasu led the country at the turn of XVI-XVII centuries and managed to stop the bloody civil war that was fought by feudal lords, puregrainaudio their possession. His latest decision to build the temple Tosya-GU had become a reminder of the power and importance of centralized control of the country. In the construction of the temple was attended by the best artisans of Japan, at the site each day worked more than nine thousand people, and after 17 months the building was completed. One of the feudal lords was so poor that he was obliged to plant trees near the temple, than he did for nearly 20 years. The finale was an alley of 300-year-old Japanese cedars. The length of the alley is 38 kilometers, the number of trees – 16 thousand. Now it separates the temple from the town of Nikko, located 140 km from Tokyo.

In 1999, a Shinto Shrine Tosya-GU and other temples of the city were included in the list of world heritage sites by UNESCO. Eight buildings of the temple Tosya-GU and two sacred sword belonging to the temple, are a national treasure of Japan. The center of the complex – the bronze urn containing the remains of Tokugawa Ieyasu, which leads to a long staircase with stone steps.

In the temple complex is formed, the se consists of 22 buildings, including the stone torii – ritual the yomeimon gate and Caramon, made in the Baroque style of Japanese. They are richly decorated, which felt the influence of Chinese decorative arts. In jewelry you can make out the characters of Chinese mythology – fish, dragons, phoenixes, birds and other creatures. Several buildings designed in traditional Japanese style and is decorated in a more restrained and simple. The total area is 80 thousand square meters.

Once the ruler of Japan chose Nikko the place of his repose, today this city is one of the oldest pilgrimage centers in the country, there are several Buddhist and Shinto temples.