Spots in Tochigi

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TohokuAomori (30)Iwate (30)Miyagi (40)Akita (30)Yamagata (30)Fukushima (30)

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Photo: SLIMHANNYA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped and resized)Ashikaga, TochigiAshikaga Flower ParkA flower park famous for its great wisteria trellis over 150 years old and an 80 m white wisteria tunnel, and for illuminations from late October to early February.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetAshikaga, TochigiAshikaga Gakko, Japan's Oldest SchoolKnown as Japan's oldest school and a National Historic Site, restored to its Edo-period appearance; Francis Xavier introduced it abroad.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetNikko, TochigiEdo Wonderland Nikko EdomuraA cultural theme park recreating an Edo-period town, with ninja shows and courtesan processions in four theatres and costume rental so you can dress as an Edo resident.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Jordy Meow / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (resized)Nikko, TochigiKegon FallsOne of Japan's three great waterfalls, 97 m high; a lift descends 100 m in about 1 minute to a viewing platform close to the plunge pool.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetNikko, TochigiKinugawa OnsenOne of the largest hot-spring towns in the Kanto region, lining the Kinugawa gorge; discovered in the Edo period, when only monks and lords visiting Nikko could bathe here.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Uraomote yamaneko / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (resized)Nikko, TochigiLake ChuzenjiA lake 1,269 m above sea level at the foot of Mt. Nantai, about 25 km around and 163 m deep, popular with foreign visitors as a summer retreat from the Meiji era to the early Showa era.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetMashiko, TochigiMashiko Sankokan Museum, Hamada Shoji MemorialThe home of potter and Living National Treasure Hamada Shoji in Mashiko, opened in 1977 to share the objects he collected as references for his own work.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetNasu, TochigiNasu Animal KingdomAn animal park in the Nasu highlands with about 600 animals, where you can feed penguins and alpacas and watch birds of prey perform.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetNikko, TochigiNikko Futarasan ShrineThe shrine at the start of the Nikko mountain faith, over 1,200 years old, enshrining Mt. Nantai; it also owns the vermilion Shinkyo Bridge at the entrance to the World Heritage site.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetNikko, TochigiNikko Toshogu ShrineThe shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu, part of the World Heritage "Shrines and Temples of Nikko", with 55 buildings including 8 National Treasures, most rebuilt in 1636 by the third shogun Iemitsu.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetUtsunomiya, TochigiOya History MuseumA vast underground quarry for Oya stone, 20,000 square metres and up to 60 m deep, kept at around 8 degrees; bring a jacket even in summer.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: あばさー / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (resized)Nikko, TochigiRyuzu FallsOne of Okunikko's three great falls, a cascade running 210 m over lava from Mt. Nantai, split in two near the basin like a dragon's head.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Guilhem Vellut / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (resized)Nikko, TochigiSenjogahara MarshlandA 400-hectare marsh in Okunikko, once a lake, home to some 350 plant species, with a nature trail that takes about 2 hours to walk.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetNasu, TochigiShika-no-Yu, Nasu YumotoThe birthplace of Nasu Onsen, a day-use bathhouse said to be 1,390 years old, with milky sulphur baths divided by temperature from 41 to 46 degrees.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetUtsunomiya, TochigiUtsunomiya Gyoza-kan, Banba-doriA gyoza restaurant on Banba-dori in Utsunomiya serving about 15 kinds of dumplings in 0.75 mm wrappers, with filling rested for a day and a night to bring out the flavour.Official check: 25 Sept 2026