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Nikko Tosho-gu
Lavish Tokugawa Shrine
Lavishly decorated Shinto shrine enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Michi-no-Eki Utsunomiya Romantic Mura
A farm park with a hot spring and brewery outside Utsunomiya
A 46-hectare farm park on Route 293, about five minutes from the Utsunomiya interchange. Come for...
Michi-no-Eki Yunishigawa
A hot spring bath upstairs from a mountain railway station
A roadside station in the mountains of northern Nikko, joined directly to Yunishigawa-Onsen Stati...
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...