a town in central Japan, on NE Honshu: a major pilgrimage centre, with a 4th-century Shinto shrine, a Buddhist temple (767), and the shrines and mausoleums of the Tokugawa shoguns. Pop: 17 527 (2002 est)
Nikko in American English
(ˈnikoʊ; ˈnɪkoʊ)
town in EC Honshu, Japan: Buddhist religious center: pop. 20,000