Sano City is famous for its refreshing soy sauce-based ramen. Ashikaga City, associated with the Ashikaga clan that founded the Muromachi Shogunate, is home to Ashikaga Flower Park, famous for its wisteria flowers.
Sano and Ashikaga are home to tourist attractions such as Yasaka Shrine, Kumano Shrine, and Suwa Shrine; sightseeing events such as annual festivals, Ashikaga Fireworks Festival, and Furusato Festival; and local delicacies such as cheese cake, Sano Ramen, and Shimotsukare.
Sano City is located in the southwestern part of Tochigi Prefecture and has become famous in recent years for its Sano Ramen and outlet malls. Its Sano Premium Outlets are home to about 180 domestic and foreign brand stores.
A wide variety of brands, including not only fashion, but also household goods and sports, can be purchased at outlet prices. The outlet also holds bargains and sales, making Sano Premium Outlets a popular tourist spot that many people never get tired of no matter how many times they visit.
Ashikaga City is located in the southwestern part of Tochigi Prefecture and is known as the birthplace of the Ashikaga Clan, an ancient clan of the Seiwa Genji Yoshie school. Ashikaga City is famous for the famous Ashikaga Gakko (Ashikaga School), which Francis Xavier called the University of Bando, and has recently been used as a location for many movies and TV dramas.
Ashikaga Flower Park in Ashikaga City is famous for its Fuji, Shirohawaiji, and Murasaki Fuji, and is filled with flowers throughout the year. In winter, the park is illuminated to create a brilliant floral scene.
Tochigi City is located in the southern part of Tochigi Prefecture and is called "Little Edo," "Little Kyoto," or "Kurashiki in the Kanto Region" because of its preserved streets lined with warehouse-style houses. It is a popular tourist destination, and many tourists visit Tochigi City.
Fortunately, the city was not damaged by the war. Historic temples, warehouses and merchant houses from the Edo and Meiji periods still remain, and the city has won the "Beautiful Townscape Award.
The view from Mount Taiheizan in the western part of the city has become a famous sightseeing spot as Matsushima on land, and the Watarase Yusui Waterway and Lake Yanaka in the southern part of the city are crowded with people enjoying small yachts and windsurfing. The city is also home to a large number of precious plants, which attract many tourists to the city's sightseeing spots.
Taiheizan is one of the most popular tourist spots for enjoying nature in Tochigi City. Taiheizan Shrine stands at the summit of the mountain, which is famous for cherry blossoms and hydrangeas. From Kenshindaira, the Kanto Plain and the Chichibu Mountain Range can be seen, and the hills and forests scattered in the countryside resemble small islands and are called Matsushima on land.
Deiryu-zan Manganji Temple is said to have been founded about 1,200 years ago by Shodo Shonin, the founder of Mount Nikko, and as the 17th temple in Bando, it still attracts many visitors. The main temple hall, where no nails are used, is worth seeing. The rock cave (stalactite cave) in the inner sanctuary is also a sightseeing attraction.
It is the oldest school in Japan and is designated as a national historic site. There is no clear information on the founding of the school, and there are various theories as to the exact date of its founding. Some say that Ono Takamura founded the school in the early Heian period (794-1192). After...»
Beautiful flowers under eight different themes are planted in the vast 94,000 m2 garden. The garden is beautifully decorated with flowers blooming in each season. The large wisteria trellis, which is especially spectacular in spring, can be seen from mid-April to mid-May. The wisteria flowers of va...»
Orihime Shrine is located halfway up Mount Orihime and features a beautiful vermilion-lacquered temple. It was built in 1879 and enshrines Yachinahime-no-mikoto and Amamimihoko-no-mikoto. It was built to pray for the promotion of industry. It stands in the mountains surrounded by greenery. The shri...»
The temple is located in Ashikaga City and is the family temple of the Ashikaga clan, which can still be seen in the samurai residences of the Kamakura period (1185-1333). The temple was originally built in 1196 by Yoshikane, the second generation of the Ashikaga clan, who built a Buddha hall in hi...»