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Nikko Toshogu traditional warrior parade

People dressed in warrior costumes of old Japan march at Nikko Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, during a traditional parade on May 18, 2024.

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Nikko Toshogu traditional warrior parade

People dressed in warrior costumes of old Japan march at Nikko Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, during a traditional parade on May 18, 2024.

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Samurai grand parade at Nikko Toshogu for autumn festival

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A grand procession of men dressed in samurai costumes, a 400-year-old tradition known as the Procession of 1,000 Samurai, takes place during the Autumn Festival at Nikko Toshogu, a Shinto shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture in eastern Japan, on Oct. 17, 2014.

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Samurai grand parade at Nikko Toshogu for autumn festival

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A grand procession of men dressed in warrior costumes, a 400-year-old tradition known as the Procession of 1,000 Samurai, takes place during the Autumn Festival at Nikko Toshogu, a Shinto shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture in eastern Japan, on Oct. 17, 2014.

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Samurai grand parade at Nikko Toshogu for autumn festival

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A grand procession of men dressed in samurai costumes, a 400-year-old tradition known as the Procession of 1,000 Samurai, takes place during the Autumn Festival at Nikko Toshogu, a Shinto shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture in eastern Japan, on Oct. 17, 2014.

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Samurai-style procession at Nikko Toshogu shrine

NIKKO, Japan - More than 1,000 citizens dressed in samurai costumes parade in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, during the Nikko Toshogu shrine's festival on May 18, 2014. The festival dates back more than 400 years.

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Parade of 1,000 warriors held in Nikko

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A parade of over 1,000 citizens in ancient warrior costumes is conducted on the approach to the Nikko Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on May 18, 2014.

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Graduation ceremony held for popular monkey group in Nikko

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A member of a popular monkey performance group at the Nikko Saru Gundan theme park receives a diploma at a "graduation ceremony" in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2013. The park opened in 1992 in Nikko, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan, and became popular because of the monkey performances. But it will close at the end of this year because foreign monkey trainers left Japan after the devastating 2011 earthquake.

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Graduation ceremony held for popular monkey group in Nikko

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshio Manaka, president of the Nikko Saru Gundan theme park, reads a diploma during a "graduation ceremony" in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2013. The park opened in 1992 in Nikko, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan, and became popular because of the monkey performances. But it will close at the end of this year because foreign monkey trainers left Japan after the devastating 2011 earthquake.

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'Gohan-shiki' ceremony at Rinnoji temple in Nikko

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Participants receive big bowls piled high with about 5 kilograms of rice from priests during a ceremony of ''Gohhan-shiki (compulsory rice eating)'' inside the Sanbutsu-do hall at the Rinnoji temple in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on April 2, 2010. It is believed that receiving the rice brings good luck and health.

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Taiwan woman takes to life with Japanese monkey troupe

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Monkey trainer Su Yali from Taiwan strikes a pose with a female monkey named Taiwan at ''Nikko Saru Gundan'' entertainment company in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.

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1000-person procession staged in Nikko

NIKKO, Japan - A 1000-person procession is staged at the Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on May 18, reproducing a procession in 1617 when the ashes of the Tokugawa Shogunate founder, Tokugawa Ieyasu, were transferred to Nikko from Shizuoka Prefecture.

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2 shrines, temple in Nikko added to World Heritage List

NIKKO, Japan - File photo shows the Yomeimon Gate of Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, which was added to the World Heritage List on Dec. 1 along with Futarasan Shrine and Rinnoji Temple in the same prefecture.