Park / Green Space Spots in Ashikaga / Sano / Tochigi Area

  • Tochigi Wanpaku Park
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    4.0
    26 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tochigi Pref. Shimotsugagunmibumachi Kuniya 2273
    This park is located in Shimotsuga County, Tochigi Prefecture. Visitors to its massive grounds can feel the park's seasons through its seasonal flowers as they move their bodies to their hearts content on its athletic play equipment or its grassy fields. The park features many facilities that children can enjoy, including the Kid's Castle, which features a popular ball pool, and the Mystery Boat, where kids can experience eight different mysterious phenomena.

    道の駅みぶに車を停めて、道路を渡るとすぐ目の前にありました。かなり広い公園で、トレインも走っていますが、混んでいて乗れませんでした。有料の舟などもありましたが、芝生にシートを敷いて、テントを立てて過ごす方が多く、キッチンカーもあったので、ランチはそれで済ませました。子供が沢山遊べる空間でした。帰りは道の駅で野菜を購入もでき、便利。

  • Mikamoyama Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    1747-1 Iwatsuki-cho Shimotsuwa, Tochigi, Tochigi Prefecture
    This park is located in Mikamoyama which is mentioned in the famous Manyoshu collection of poetry. The park has fun facilities for all ages including the Adventure Forest and Wanpaku Playground for children as well as an herb garden. You can also board the Flower Train for a trip through the park around Mikamoyama. And with a variety of nature trails and hiking courses the park is popular with those looking to hike or just explore the outdoors.
  • Sano City Kodomo no Kuni
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    3.5
    7 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tochigi Pref. Sanoshi Horigomechou 579
    A park in Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture with a wide lawn area that has a real rocket on display as well as a variety of play equipment. The large dinosaur slide is very popular with children. The park is also equipped with play facilities that require a fee for use including the Mysterious Forest, a train diorama, and a climbing area.

    栃木県へのドライブ旅行の際、「佐野市こどもの国」へ行ってみました。 無料で遊べる公園ですが、遊具が可愛らしいので、ファミリーにとてもおすすめです。

  • Tenpyo no Oka Park
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    Tochigi Pref. Shimotsukeshi Kokubunji 993-1
    A park in Shimotsuke City, Tochigi Prefecture. With the large grounds bringing together a natural forest and cultural facilities, such as a folk museum, this spot blends together nature and history. With some 450 double-flowered cherry trees this park is famous for its blooms and always bustling during the spring. It's also the location of the April Tenpyo Flower Festival and the November Tenpyo Potato Stew Party where they make a stew in the largest pot in the North Kanto region, able to serve almost 3,000 people.
  • Orihime Park
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    Tochigi Ashikaga-shi Tomoecho 3890-17
    A park located in Tomoe-cho, Ashikaga City. The park's 10.5-hectare grounds encompass the Hatagamiyama mountaintop tumulus, and facilities include an observatory, square, and restaurant building. The grounds are planted with cherry trees, Japanese maples, azaleas, and other plants, and visitors can enjoy their seasonal beauty as well as a sweeping view of the Kanto Plain and, in the evening, the city's glittering nightscape.
  • Ohirasan Prefectural Natural Park Kenshindaira
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    Tochigi Tochigi-shi Hiraicho
    "Ohirasan Prefectural Natural Park is a 1,000-hectare prefectural nature park located in the heart of Tochigi City. The Kenshindaira plateau, situated near the top of Mt. Ohira, offers a sweeping view of the Kanto Plain. The majestic sight of the surrounding peaks jutting out from a sea of fog when conditions are right which unfolds just beyond the plain has even been dubbed the ""Matsushima islands of the land"" in allusion to an archipelago famous for its scenic beauty. A sightseeing road makes it possible to visit Mt. Ohira in the center of the park, the Zuishinmon Gate of Ohirasan Shrine, and the approach to the shrine (the Ajisaizaka hill road). On clear days, visitors to the plateau can see all the way to distant Mt. Tsukuba, the skyscrapers of Tokyo, and Mt. Fuji from an observatory."
  • Tsuga no Sato
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    Tochigi Tochigi-shi Tsugamachi Usukubo 325
    This massive park is the size of five Tokyo Domes. The park has many cherry blossoms including the 170 year-old Tsuga no Satozakura that symbolizes the park, as well as weeping cherries, Yoshino cherries, and double-flowered cherries. They bloom one after the other in April, tinting the park in shades of pink and white for nearly almost a full month. In June, visitors can see the park's 3,000 lotus flowers beautifully bloom. The park includes facilities such as the Furusato Center, the Family Park, and the Fureiai no Mori. It serves as a place of rest and relaxation for many people.
  • Ohirasan Prefectural Natural Park
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    Tochigi Tochigi-shi Hiraicho Ohiramachi
    This national park is especially famous for its spring cherry blossoms and its early summer hydrangea. The Ohirasan Promenade becomes a colorful tunnel of 4,000 cherry blossoms during the cherry blossom festival held on one day in early April each year. The hill cherries that bloom all across Mt. Ohira are also quite beautiful. Visitors can enjoy seeing the azalea bloom in late May, the hydrangea bloom from late June to mid July, and the fall colors come in around late November.
  • Sugatagawa Amenity Park
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    Tochigi Shimotsuke-shi Ishibashi 1119-1
    This park is a five-minute drive from JR Ishibashi Station. The long and narrow park extends north and south along the Sugata River and is replete with a variety of trees, flowering plants, playground equipment, and benches. A 10-meter tall windmill-style lookout tower with a six-meter-in-diameter rotor serves as a symbol of the park. On clear days, visitors can get a sweeping view of the Nikko Mountain Range from the tower. The park's three-hectare grounds make use of an abundance of natural features such as a pond and waterfall, engendering an atmosphere which will make visitors feel like they are in a botanical garden. Shimotsuke City, situated in the south of Tochigi Prefecture, is sister cities with Dietzholztal (formerly Steinbrucken) in Germany, the birthplace of Grimms' Fairy Tales. Accordingly, the grounds of the park are also dotted with monuments inspired by Grimms' Fairy Tales.
  • Shiroyama Park
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    Tochigi Sano-shi Wakamatsucho 504
    The oldest city park in the prefecture, located just north of JR Sano Station, was established in 1889 on the ruins of Sano Castle, a 55-meter-high flat mountain castle, and attracts many visitors in spring for its cherry blossoms and azaleas, and in fall for its autumn leaves. Many events such as calligraphy exhibitions, tea ceremonies, and flower arrangement exhibitions are held here, making it a popular place for citizens to relax.
  • Oyama Comprehensive Park
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    Tochigi Oyama-shi Tono Jo 371-1
  • Shiba Park
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    Tochigi Shimotsuke-shi Ekihigashi 7-chome 4
  • Yama Mae Park
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    Tochigi Ashikaga-shi Omaecho
  • Ashikaga Park
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    Tochigi Ashikaga-shi Midoricho
  • Ashikaga Prefectural Natural Park
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    Tochigi Ashikaga-shi Tsukiyacho
  • Besshoyama Park
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    Tochigi Shimotsuke-shi Kinuita 611-1
  • Yamakawa Chorinji Temple Park
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    Tochigi Ashikaga-shi Yamagawacho
  • Hasama Nature Observation Park
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    Tochigi Ashikaga-shi Hasamacho 187
  • Nagano Kawa Ryokuchikoen
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    Tochigi Tochigi-shi Iwademachi 117-2
  • Nishikata Comprehensive Park
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    Tochigi Tochigi-shi Nishikatamachi Honjo 1054-1

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Most visits to Tochigi revolve around Nikko, a small city home to the spectacular, lavishly decorated Toshogu Shrine and Nikko National Park with its mountains, lakes, waterfalls, onsen, and wild monkeys. Neighboring Oku-Nikko is an extension of the fantastic scenery famous for its autumn leaves, while Tochigi’s capital, Utsunomiya, is the only place in the world where you can find oya stone beautifully exhibited in temples and the Oya History Museum.

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