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Akanuma Nature Information Center

Akanuma Nature Information Center

This information center is located in Akanuma, the entrance to Senjogahara. It provides information on the nature, hiking trails, and other aspects of parts of the Okunikko area such as Senjogahara and Odashirogahara. It serves as the low emission bus shelter as well as the departure point for Odaisirogahara, Sainoko, and Senjugahama. The information center also features informational exhibits on the origins of Senjogahara, its seasonal flowers, and other topics. The center also conducts nature tours and other activities during the high season.

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Nasu Kogen Visitor Center

Nasu Kogen Visitor Center

This information center is located in Nikko National Park. The center features videos, pictures, and other information exhibits about the history, nature, and other aspects of the Nasu Kashi region. Head to the exhibition room and experience the interactive exhibits to find out more about flora and fauna of the Nasukashi area, or enter the special exhibition room to learn about the center’s connection to Japan’s royal family and the nearby Nasu Imperial Villa. The lecture hall and conference room regularly host nature appreciation activities. Join these free activities and interact with local volunteers for a deeper understanding of the Nasu area's offerings."

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Roadside Station Nasunoyoichi no Sato

Roadside Station Nasunoyoichi no Sato

This roadside station is located on the side of National Route 461 in Otawara City, Tochigi Prefecture. It is notable for the fan-shaped roofs of each of its buildings. It features a wide variety of facilities including a farmer's market where visitors can buy fresh seasonal produce, a restaurant where they can enjoy their limited issue Yoichi Bento boxes, and more. The station, which is visited by many tourists, also features the Yoichi Denshokan, a museum dedicated to the samurai warrior Nasu no Yoichi."

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Tobu Chuzenjiko Cruise

Tobu Chuzenjiko Cruise

Lake Chuzenji is located in the area leading into Okunikko. It has a circumference of 25 km and the water reaches a depth of 163 m. It is said that lava from the eruption of Mount Nantai 20,000 years ago blocked the valley to create the initial form of the lake. Because of the spectacular view in each season, the lakeside area used to be a popular summer retreat for foreigners. That areas still features the Italian Embassy Villa Memorial Park and British Embassy Villa Memorial Park. The pleasure boat of the Tobu Chuzenjiko Cruise sails through the beautiful scenery and near these tourist destinations. In fall, you can see mountains covered in explosions of red, orange, and yellow from the lake. It is truly a picturesque view. The tour takes about 55 minutes in total, but there are tickets available for visitors to get on/off along the course.

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Kawaji Onsen Yakushi no Yu

Kawaji Onsen Yakushi no Yu

This day spa is located in Kawaji Onsen District in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture. Its simple weakly alkaline hot springs have earned it the nickname Bihada no Yu for supposedly giving people beautiful skin. It is also said to help with conditions such as nerve and joint pain. The facility features indoor baths and mixed gender open-air baths. The spa, which offers great views of the scenery of the Ojika River, is patronized mostly by locals but also by many tourists."

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Deai no Mori Strawberry Farm

Deai no Mori Strawberry Farm

This strawberry farm is operated by a company created through a collaboration between Kanuma City and JA. At the farm, you can enjoy picking Tochigi's representative strawberry varieties, Tochiotome and Tochi-Aika. Reservations are required for strawberry picking, and you can eat as much as you want for 45 minutes. The greenhouses are barrier-free and equipped with toilets, so anyone can pick strawberries in safety. The shop also sells Tochihime, a strawberry that has been dubbed a phantom variety because of its soft flesh and rare availability, as well as the luxury variety Skyberry.

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Nikko Hanaichimonme

Nikko Hanaichimonme

This botanical garden is one of the largest north of the Kanto area. Its more than 13,000 square meter grounds blossom all year long with flowers representing around 600 varieties in some 8,000 planters. The garden also has a restaurant offering items such as its original begonia soft-serve ice cream. The flower-covered walls and ceilings of the restaurant create a space that has captured the imaginations of many of the park's visitors. ■Strawberry picking     Adult(Elementary School Students~) 4-6 years of age  mid-Dec. 〜Mar. 2,200yen 1,700 yen Apr.〜early May 2,000 yen 1,500 yen early May〜early Jun. 1,800 yen 1,300 yen "

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Higeta Indigo Dyeing Workshop

Higeta Indigo Dyeing Workshop

Higeta Indigo Dyeing Workshop, established during the Kansei era (1789–1801), is a fabric-dyeing and weaving workshop. It is a rare workshop in Tochigi that inherited traditional indigo dyeing. It still uses the dyeing area created at the time of its establishment to dye the fabric in the traditional manner. Inside the 200-year-old building with a thatched roof, 72 earthenware indigo vats are neatly arranged. The building and the vat area are Tochigi Prefecture’s tangible cultural assets, and visitors can freely visit and see them. Indigo is a plant dye that has long colored ethnic costumes. Long ago in Japan, 80% of commoners’ cloths were dyed with indigo. The indigo color produced by the traditional Japanese indigo dyeing and plant dyeing methods is called Japan Blue and, together with the dyeing methods, is highly recognized around the world. The workshop engages not only in dyeing but also cotton cultivation, yarn-making, yarn dyeing, and handweaving in order to preserve the cotton tradition essential to the indigo dyeing culture. The workshop sells indigo-dyed cotton fabric, coasters, and tablecloths. Please come and see the traditional techniques and the beauty of indigo.

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Haga Onsen Roman no Yu

Haga Onsen Roman no Yu

Haga Hot Spring and Roman Baths is a place where groups and individual visitors can casually enjoy a day at a hot spring.The color of the water that gushes forth from 1,500 meters below ground is a surprisingly gold hue.Another attractive feature is that there are two different hot springs to be enjoyed in one location. The first is good at keeping skin beautiful, making it soft and smooth. It is also known as a bijin no yu (Japanese for "beautiful person's hot spring"). The other spring has heat-retaining properties that help remove the cold within your body. It is also called an atatamari no yu ("warming hot spring"). The spa features open air baths, large public baths, massaging aerated baths, flowing water baths, and saunas. Other facilities include a lounge area, small Japanese-style rooms that can be used to host banquets, and more. The spa also holds beer gardens in the summer."

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Mahoroba no Yu Yushinkan

Mahoroba no Yu Yushinkan

This day-trip hot spring is in Nasu County, Tochigi Prefecture. Along with an expansive indoor bath there's an open-air bath to enjoy while looking at the Nasu Mountain Range and listening to the Nakagawa River. The spring is a sodium - sulfate chloride spring and it is known to help with strokes. In addition to baths, Yushinkan has a large banquet hall and smaller halls, a relaxation corner, restaurant, snack corner and more.Do make sure to stop by for a visit."

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Nikko Yumoto Visitor Center

Nikko Yumoto Visitor Center

Founded by Ministry of Environment of Japan in1994, the Nikko Yumoto Visitor Center provides information on hiking trails and seasonal highlights, so visitors can enjoy the natural environment to the fullest.   Visitors to the center can also learn about local seasonal attractions, such as the autumn leaves that bloom in the Oku Nikko area, or the flowers that bloom in season. There is also an exhibition on the ecology of Oku Nikko, where you can learn more about the natural environment of Oku Nikko through a diorama of the terrain, videos, and seasonal events. In addition to learning more about the best time to explore each area, you can also take a break here too.   Visitor Center also offers guided bird-watching tours, animal exploration tours, hiking, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing tours, and occasionally hosts exhibitions on topics such as reducing the damage caused by deer farming, the history of Oku Nikko, and the culture of the local hot springs. Visitor Center's official website also recommends hiking routes, including the Nikko Shirane Mountain Route, the Yunokko Lake Route, and the Battlefield Plain Wetland Route.    

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Kanuma City Kaboku Center

Kanuma City Kaboku Center

This large gardening shop complex is located on 400,000 meters of hilly land known by locals as "Moroyama." Its shop offers flowering plants, as well as garden trees, and landscaping and gardening supplies, with a particular focus on satsuki azalea. Some of its many facilities include a plum grove, the Wild Bird Forest, a tourist strawberry farm, and a hilltop barbequing space. It is a great place to enjoy spending a day surrounded by flowers and trees."

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Kinofurusato Gallery of Traditional Arts and Crafts

Kinofurusato Gallery of Traditional Arts and Crafts

This arts center in Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture features wood culture and traditions that trace back to ancient days. Inside, you’ll find a number of traditional crafts, including kanuma-kumiko shoji woodwork, kanuma-sokiridansu dressers, and the “sculpture float” —a city-designated Tangible Cultural Property used in the Kanuma Autumn Festival. You simply must see the elaborate decorations of the sculpture float. In the “kumiko-building experience,” you can put together an original coaster out of wood chips."

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Shimotsuke Fudoki-no-Oka Museum

Shimotsuke Fudoki-no-Oka Museum

This museum displays artefacts excavated from the adjoining sites such as the National Historic Site-designated Shimotsuke Kokubun-ji Temple Remains and Amadera Ruins, and the Tochigi Prefecture Historic Site-designated Maruzuka Kofun and Atagozuka Kofun. The artefacts on display range from the Kofun period to the Nara period. Many ancient burial mounds, temple and provincial office ruins, and other sites connected to the prefecture's history and culture can be found in the area around the museum. The museum presents the history of Shimotsuke City from a variety of viewpoints, including government administration and the lives of everyday people in the distant past, the relationship between the region and more central areas of Japan, and the development of civil engineering and construction technologies."

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