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 2025 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...
8 Culture Shinkyo Bridge in Nikko Lily One of Japan's Three Major Strange Bridges, Shinkyo Bridge is located in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture. The red bridge is part of...
8 Culture Hongu Shrine in Nikko Lily Hongu Shrine in Nikko is an auxiliary shrine of Futarasan Shrine. Registered as one of the 103 World Heritage buildings of th...
6 Culture Takino Shrine in Nikko Lily “Takino shrine” was built in Nikko city, Tochigi Prefecture, long before the famous Nikko Toshogu shrine. It is believed that...
Culture Tochigi: Top 10 Things to Do Veronica Carnevale Tochigi Prefecture is filled with quaint charm, making visitors feel like they are stepping into old Japan. The area's immacu...
