Activities Shiroyama Park, Kanuma area Tochigi Stacy Kurokawa Play, fun, ride a roller slide, enjoy blossoms in the springtime in a countryside, mountainside park.
Activities Skypark Utsunomiya: Paragliding Stacy Kurokawa Try paragliding at Skypark Utsunomiya. Beginners welcome. No Japanese? Don't worry, you'll probably survive.
Licca: a Different Kind of Italian Louise Archer Licca is a lovely Italian restaurant in the Nasu highlands, famous for its lovely Italian cuisine and its unusual style of fi...
Food Best Little Soba Shop, Utsunomiya Stacy Kurokawa Looking for an affordable Japanese meal in Utsunomiya? Skip the heavily marketed, greasy gyoza and try something healthier wi...
Activities Motegi Michi no Eki Stacy Kurokawa Michi no Eki, or Japanese road stations, have become quite popular. In Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture, find good ice-cream, see t...
Culture The Beauty and Wonder of Tosho-gu Tomoko Kamishima Even after visiting Tosho-gu Shrine in Nikko more than 15 times, I still enjoy its different faces, depending mainly on the s...
Accommodation Turtle Inn Nikko Mandy Bartok Turtle Inn Nikko provides affordable, foreigner-friendly accommodation just a short walk from the shrines of central Nikko.
Culture Woodland Museum: Picture Book Hill Stacy Kurokawa Picture Book Hill, a museum that opened in 1998, is a cozy yet airy, a beautifully-designed low, wooden building in the woods...
Otawara, Tochigi: Full of Surprises Louise Archer A few days in Otawara? This region has much more to be seen and done that you might expect
Culture Nikko’s Kanman-ga-fuchi Walk Tomoko Kamishima There is a great, short walking course in Nikko that leads to the deep Kanman-gafuchi gulch on the Daiya River. It starts fro...
Activities Utsuno Cave Tom Roseveare Utsuno Cave is a small, hidden-away location in Sano, Tochigi prefecture, that is completely off the beaten path.
Tochigi in Video Jillian Engelhard Fosten Experience the great outdoors just two hours north of Tokyo in the city of Nikko.
Activities Nikko's Senju-ga-hama Beach Tomoko Kamishima After a 30-minute walk from Saino-ko Lake, we heard a lapping sound of wate at the unseen shore. A few minutes later, we were...
Activities Hiking in Nikko in the Rain Larry Knipfing This story focuses on hiking in the rain: Senjogahara, Odajirogahara, Yuno-ko Lake and other places. The people I met along t...
