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Nikko Cedar Avenue
The Nikko Cedar Avenue, where huge cedars line both sides of the roads to Nikko. Matsudaira Masatsuna, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu, spent more than 20 years planting them and donated them to Toshogu in 1648. The avenue spans three roads, about 37 kilometers in all.
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The Nikko Cedar Avenue is a road leading toward Nikko, lined on both sides by huge cedar trees. Matsudaira Masatsuna, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu, spent more than 20 years planting the cedars and in 1648 donated them to Nikko Toshogu. This photo appears in Nihon Shashincho (Photo Album of Japan), published in 1912 (Meiji 45).
The avenue spans three roads, the Nikko Kaido, the Reiheishi Kaido and the Aizu Nishi Kaido, for a total of about 37 kilometers. It is designated both a Special Historic Site and a Special Natural Monument, the only place in Japan with this double designation.
About 12,000 cedars still stand, and in 1992 Guinness World Records recognized it as the world's longest tree-lined avenue. You can walk among the trees, starting from places such as Suginamiki Park in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.
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