Travel Destinations in Tochigi

Nikko Tosho-gu

Lavish Tokugawa Shrine

Lavishly decorated Shinto shrine enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Nikko

Ornate Shrines in Mountain Forest

Mountain town with lavishly decorated UNESCO World Heritage shrines and temples, including the or...

Mashiko

A Charming Pottery Town with Hundreds of Kilns

One of Japan's most famous pottery towns, home to over 300 kilns producing the rustic Mashiko-yak...

Ashikaga Flower Park

Great Wisteria and Seasonal Flower Garden

Famous flower park featuring a 150-year-old Great Wisteria tree and spectacular seasonal illumina...

Kegon Falls

One of Japan's three finest waterfalls, plunging 97 meters from the heights of Lake Chuzenji into...

Oya History Museum

A Cathedral-Like Underground Quarry Carved from Stone

An underground space carved out of Oya stone quarries, with soaring 30-meter ceilings reminiscent...

Chuzenji Lake

A Serene Mountain Lake at the Foot of a Sacred Volcano

A scenic mountain lake at 1,269 meters elevation, formed by the eruption of Mount Nantai. Surroun...

Nasu Highland Park

Highland Amusement Park in the Nasu Resort Area

The largest amusement park in the Tochigi highlands, set among the forests of the Nasu resort are...

Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura

Edo-Period Culture Theme Park near Kinugawa Onsen

A living-history theme park near Nikko that recreates a town of the Edo period, where costumed re...

Honda Collection Hall

Honda's Story in Bikes and Cars, Inside the Motegi Race Circuit

Honda's own museum, inside the Mobility Resort Motegi race circuit and park, with motorcycles, ca...

Rinno-ji

Nikko's Head Temple: Three Gilded Buddhas in Sanbutsudo and Iemitsu's Black-and-Gold Taiyuin

The Tendai temple that has run Nikko's mountain worship since the monk Shodo opened it in 766. Tw...

Futarasan Shrine

The Shrine Behind Nikko's Red Shinkyo Bridge, Quieter Than Tosho-gu Next Door

The shrine of Mount Nantai, in the cedars a few minutes west of Tosho-gu, and owner of the vermil...

Kinugawa Onsen

A Riverside Hotel Town Two Hours From Asakusa, With a Boat Down the Gorge and a Free Footbath at the Station

A long line of big hotels on both banks of the Kinu River gorge, about two hours from Asakusa on ...

Mount Nantai

Through a Shrine Gate at 6:00, Then 1,200 m Straight Up

The 2,486-meter sacred mountain of Futarasan Shrine, climbed only from the shrine's Chugushi on L...

Okukinu Onsen

Four Mountain Inns Past the Meotobuchi Gate, Reached on Foot or by Guest Shuttle

Four inns at the head of the Kinu River inside Nikko National Park: Kaniyu, Hatchonoyu, Nikkozawa...