Culture Yayoi Festival 2026 Kim Bergström The Yayoi Festival is a historic spring celebration in Nikko, Tochigi, with a tradition spanning 1200 years.
Culture Moving Vincent Van Gogh Exhibition 2025 Kim Bergström Running from June 28th to September 7th at the Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art in Utsunomiya, this unique digital fine art ...
Culture All-Japan Shimotsukare Contest 2026 Kim Bergström The All-Japan Shimotsukare Contest returns this year after a five-year hiatus, and it celebrates this traditional dish from T...
Culture Spring Hill Lupine Festival 2026 Kim Bergström Around 30,000 lupine flowers can be enjoyed at the Kanuma City Flower and Tree Center's Spring Hill Lupine Festival, which ru...
Culture Discover Watarase-yusuichi Samuel Patrick Thomas A natural landscape crafted as a collaboration of human ingenuity and nature
Culture Kosugi Hoan Museum of Art, Nikko Peter Sidell Close to the famous red bridge in Nikko, in northern Japan's Tochigi prefecture, the Kosugi Hoan Museum of Art is dedicated t...
Culture Saimyoji Temple Elizabeth S Saimyoji, Mashiko's Shingon Buddhist temple, replete with heritage structures, is one of the oldest in east Japan. It's also ...
Culture Nasunogahara Park Lynda Hogan Nasunogahara is a huge park with dozens of things to do and see. There is even a particularly nice campsite in the park. Ide...
Culture The Bandai Museum Linka Wade The Bandai Museum in Mibu, Tochigi is a wonderland of toys - from Gundam to Sailor Moon to Pre-War era playthings.
6 Culture The Beautiful Scenery of Nikko Lily Nikko is not just World Heritage listed temples and shrines. The scenery along the local paths is quite beautiful and worth v...
