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栃木県 · Tourism

Kegon no Taki

日光市県北

A drop of 97 metres. The monk Shodo is said to have found it, and it served as a place of ascetic practice.

栃木県 · Tourism

Oya Chika

宇都宮市県央

A worked-out Oya stone quarry. The sheer size of the underground space is itself the object of awe.

栃木県 · Tourism

Kegon Falls

日光市県北

A drop of 97 metres, one of the three great waterfalls of Japan. The water of Lake Chuzenji falls here.

栃木県 · Tourism

Kinugawa Onsen

日光市県北

Inns line the gorge. It was once open only to daimyo and monks.

栃木県 · Tourism

Lake Chuzenji

日光市県北

Formed when an eruption of Mount Nantai dammed the valley. It lies at 1,269 metres.

栃木県 · Tourism

Oya History Museum

宇都宮市県央

A vast underground quarry. It averages 8 degrees year round and is used as a film location.

栃木県 · Tourism

Ashikaga Flower Park

足利市県南

A great wisteria 160 years old, known for its evening illumination.

栃木県 · Tourism

Mashiko Pottery Fair

益子町県東

Five hundred stalls in spring and autumn. The town became known when Hamada Shoji settled here.

栃木県 · Tourism

Nasu Highland

那須町県北

A highland with an imperial villa, looking out on the fumes of Mount Chausu.

栃木県 · Tourism

Senjogahara

日光市県北

A marsh where the gods are said to have fought. Boardwalks run across it.

栃木県 · Tourism

Yumoto Onsen

日光市県北

A sulphur spring said to have been found by the monk Shodo, who opened Nikko.

栃木県 · Tourism

Utsunomiya Gyoza

宇都宮市県央

Repatriates brought the taste back from Manchuria. The city competes for the top spot in national consumption.

栃木県 · Tourism

Kura no Machi

栃木市県南

It prospered on river traffic along the Uzuma. Black-lacquered merchant storehouses line the street.

栃木県 · Tourism

Kanuma Buttsuke

鹿沼市県央

Carved floats face one another and compete in music, in a contest called buttsuke.

群馬県 · Tourism

Tago-hi

高崎市西毛

The Tago stele, one of the three great ancient monuments of Japan. As part of the Kozuke Sanpi it is inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World regis…

群馬県 · Tourism

Tomioka Silk Mill

富岡市西毛

A government-run mechanised silk mill. The reeling plant and the cocoon warehouses are National Treasures.

群馬県 · Tourism

Yubatake

草津町北毛

The largest natural flow of hot spring water in Japan. Wooden troughs cool the water so the mineral flowers can be gathered.

群馬県 · Tourism

Ikaho Stone Steps

渋川市北毛

Three hundred and sixty-five stone steps. A town that grew out of a design for dividing the hot water evenly.

群馬県 · Tourism

Oze

片品村北毛

The largest highland marsh on Honshu. You may not step off the boardwalk.

群馬県 · Tourism

Fukiware Falls

沼田市北毛

The water is drawn down into a split in the bedrock. The Niagara of the East.

群馬県 · Tourism

Minakami

みなかみ町北毛

The headwaters of the Tone river. A base for rafting and for climbing.

群馬県 · Tourism

Manza Onsen

嬬恋村北毛

At 1,800 metres. Its hydrogen sulphide content is among the highest in Japan.

群馬県 · Tourism

Takasaki Daruma

高崎市西毛

Eight in ten daruma made in Japan come from here. The eyebrows are cranes, the moustache a tortoise.

群馬県 · Tourism

Shima Onsen

中之条町北毛

The name says it cures forty thousand ailments. The original bathhouse at Sekizenkan is among the oldest hot-spring inn buildings in Japan.