Tochigi Hidden Gems
À deux heures de Tokyo se trouve Nikko, Patrimoine mondial. Le somptueux sanctuaire Toshogu, le pont vermillon Shinkyo, le lac Chuzenji et la cascade Kegon, auxquels s'ajoutent les glycines du parc floral Ashikaga et les gyoza d'Utsunomiya, offrent de quoi voyager en toute saison.
15 spots
Berceau des sanctuaires somptueusement sculptés de Nikko et des montagnes et lacs qui les entourent — l'excursion classique au nord de Tokyo.
Climat et meilleure saison
Étés chauds en plaine et air frais de montagne à Nikko/Oku-Nikko, où il neige. Fin octobre à novembre pour le feuillage automnal.
Spécialités culinaires
- Gyoza d'Utsunomiya
- Yuba (peau de tofu)
- Fraises
- Soba
Lieux emblématiques
- Nikko Toshogu (UNESCO)
- Cascade de Kegon et lac Chuzenji
- Kinugawa Onsen
- Glycines du parc floral d'Ashikaga
Kinugawa Onsen
Kinugawa Onsen is a hot spring resort town in a narrow mountain gorge carved by the Kinugawa River. Discovered in the Ed…
Senjogahara Marshland
Senjogahara is a 400-hectare highland wetland at 1,400 meters elevation, formed when volcanic lava flows blocked drainag…
Mashiko Pottery Town
Mashiko is a pottery town 100 kilometers north of Tokyo that became the spiritual center of Japan's mingei (folk craft)…
Tochigi Kurazukuri
Tochigi City was a prosperous merchant town during the Edo and Meiji periods, serving as a distribution hub for goods tr…
Ashikaga Flower Park
Ashikaga Flower Park is home to over 350 wisteria trees, including a 160-year-old giant wisteria (fuji) whose canopy cov…
Nasu Onsen
Nasu Onsen is a collection of seven hot spring sources scattered across the volcanic slopes of Mount Nasu, a highland re…
Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa
Tamozawa Imperial Villa was built in 1899 as a summer retreat for the Taisho Emperor (then Crown Prince Yoshihito) and h…
Toshogu Shrine
Toshogu Shrine is the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and represents the absolute z…
Nasu Animal Kingdom
Nasu Animal Kingdom is a 43-hectare zoo and animal park specializing in highland and grassland species from around the w…
Shinkyo Bridge
Shinkyo is a vermilion-lacquered wooden bridge that arcs over the Daiya River at the entrance to Nikko's shrine district…
Lake Chuzenji & Kegon Falls
Lake Chuzenji sits at 1,269 meters in a volcanic caldera formed 20,000 years ago when Mount Nantai erupted and lava damm…
Akechidaira Ropeway
The Akechidaira Ropeway is a 3-minute cable car that ascends 300 vertical meters from the Akechidaira Plateau to an obse…
Utsunomiya Gyoza
Utsunomiya is Japan's self-proclaimed gyoza capital, with over 200 gyoza specialty restaurants and the highest per-capit…
Oya History Museum
The Oya History Museum is built into a former underground stone quarry where Oya Stone — a light, porous volcanic tuff u…
Nasu Kogen Strawberry Picking
Tochigi Prefecture is Japan's largest strawberry producer, and the Nasu Kogen (Nasu Highlands) region hosts dozens of st…