Three attractions of the city of Nikko known in Japan as under its own and under the common name Nishi-Ichizo, which means "two Shinto shrines and Buddhist temple." These attractions - Tōshō-gū sanctuary, and the temple Rinnodzi Futarasan. They are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in their territory, in general, there are more than a hundred architectural monuments.

Sanctuary and temple Rinnodzi Futarasan were based Buddhist preacher Shodo-shonin. He first ascended to the top of the sacred - Volcano Nantaysan height of about 2, 5 thousand meters, and later when, in 766, he founded at its foot Buddhist temple, originally called Sihonryudzi and Shinto shrine Hong Shrine (later Futarasan). Nikko was seen as the main venue in the east of Japan, where it is possible to make the worship of the gods of the mountains, and in the Kamakura period (XII-XIV century), the temples of Nikko habitat were found deities, sponsors of the military class, and received a great religious influence.

Temple Sihonryudzi in the XVII century passed to the Tendai Buddhist sect, and was renamed Rinnodzi. The temple complex consists of 15 small temples. The three Buddhas Hall, the largest in Nikko, kept three gilded statues - Buddha Amida, Kannon Thousand and Bato Kannon - Goddess of Mercy depicted with the head of a horse. Behind this structure is the pillar of the world Sorinto - bronze structure with nine rings, which houses thousands of Buddhist sutras. Other Buddhist relics found in the halls and Hokkedo Dzёgёdo connected by a corridor. Temple Treasures of the Edo period in the territory Rinnodzi stored in the structure Homotsudzen.

The bronze figure of a monk Shodo-founder shonin installed at the entrance to the temple. Around Rinnodzi was a garden Sёё-en, which is preserved from the beginning of the Edo period and represents a sample kayyusiki - one of the directions of the Japanese landscape architecture. Parks and gardens in the style designed for the perception of the landscape during a walk around the pond.