10 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...
7 Activities Nikko's Beautiful Fields Larry Knipfing This story focuses on some of the large fields and marshlands in Nikko. They are wide and vast, and on this day quite misty--...
Accommodation Nikko’s Kanaya Hotel Tomoko Kamishima Nikko Kanaya Hotel commands the best location for access to Nikko’s World Heritage Site. You can enjoy every bit of Nikko’s c...
Activities The Futara-san Shrines of Nikko Tomoko Kamishima Nikko Futara-san Shrine proper is huge, and includes the peaks of the Nikko mountain range, Kegon-no-taki Falls, Iroha-zaka s...
Culture Nikko's Italian Villa Memorial Park Tomoko Kamishima The former Italian Embassy Villa in Nikko is now open to the public as a park. After Tochigi prefecture bought it quite recen...
Activities Nikko’s Kegon-no-taki Falls Tomoko Kamishima Kegon-no-taki Falls (華厳の滝) are spectacular falls that show us their mystic beauty throughout the year.
Activities Nikko’s Akechi-daira Ropeway Tomoko Kamishima Akechi-daira (明智平) is the best viewpoint of the nature of Nikko. Here, you can hold all of Mt. Nantai, Kegon-no-taki Falls...
Culture Kanuma Buttsuke Autumn Festival 2026 Dale A. Brown A festival of food, music, dance and elaborate floats celebrated each year in October.
15 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
12 Ashikaga Flower Park: Water Lilies Larry Knipfing Ashikaga Flower Park is known for its beautiful Wisteria in spring. But in summer, the featured flower is the Water Lilly.
