Tochigi Hidden Gems
도쿄에서 2시간이면 닿는 세계유산의 도시, 닛코. 금빛 찬란한 도쇼구, 붉게 빛나는 신교 다리, 주젠지 호수와 게곤 폭포의 웅장한 산악 절경까지. 아시카가 플라워파크의 등나무와 우쓰노미야 교자까지 더해져 사계절 내내 찾아갈 가치가 있다.
15 spots
Toshogu Shrine — Golden Temple of the Shogun
Toshogu Shrine is the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and represents the absolute z…
Shinkyo Bridge — Sacred Vermilion Arch
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 — Mountain Lake Sanctuary
Lake Chuzenji sits at 1,269 meters in a volcanic caldera formed 20,000 years ago when Mount Nantai erupted and lava damm…
Senjogahara Marshland — Alpine Wetland Plateau
Senjogahara is a 400-hectare highland wetland at 1,400 meters elevation, formed when volcanic lava flows blocked drainag…
Ashikaga Flower Park — Wisteria Dream Canopy
Ashikaga Flower Park is home to over 350 wisteria trees, including a 160-year-old giant wisteria (fuji) whose canopy cov…
Mashiko Pottery Town — Mingei Craft Village
Mashiko is a pottery town 100 kilometers north of Tokyo that became the spiritual center of Japan's mingei (folk craft)…
Utsunomiya Gyoza — Dumpling Capital
Utsunomiya is Japan's self-proclaimed gyoza capital, with over 200 gyoza specialty restaurants and the highest per-capit…
Nasu Kogen Strawberry Picking — Highland Berry Farms
Tochigi Prefecture is Japan's largest strawberry producer, and the Nasu Kogen (Nasu Highlands) region hosts dozens of st…
Kinugawa Onsen — River Gorge Hot Springs
Kinugawa Onsen is a hot spring resort town in a narrow mountain gorge carved by the Kinugawa River. Discovered in the Ed…
Nasu Onsen — Royal Retreat Hot Springs
Nasu Onsen is a collection of seven hot spring sources scattered across the volcanic slopes of Mount Nasu, a highland re…
Tochigi Kurazukuri — Edo Warehouse District
Tochigi City was a prosperous merchant town during the Edo and Meiji periods, serving as a distribution hub for goods tr…
Oya History Museum — Underground Stone Cathedral
The Oya History Museum is built into a former underground stone quarry where Oya Stone — a light, porous volcanic tuff u…
Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa — Meiji Elegance
Tamozawa Imperial Villa was built in 1899 as a summer retreat for the Taisho Emperor (then Crown Prince Yoshihito) and h…
Nasu Animal Kingdom — Interactive Highland Zoo
Nasu Animal Kingdom is a 43-hectare zoo and animal park specializing in highland and grassland species from around the w…
Akechidaira Ropeway — Panoramic Mountain Views
The Akechidaira Ropeway is a 3-minute cable car that ascends 300 vertical meters from the Akechidaira Plateau to an obse…