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  • Okada Memorial Museum
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    4.0
    15 Reviews
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    Tochigi Tochigi-shi Kauemoncho 1-12
    This memorial museum celebrates the Okada family, a family whose history dates back over 550 years and which was once one of the leading families of Tochigi City. The museum's expansive grounds sprawl across some 13,000 square meters; inside, the museum displays treasures passed down through the generations in the Okada family. Said to have moved to the area from distant Sanjo in Kyoto, in the Edo period the family is said to have provided leadership in creating the foundations of daily life and to have contributed to the building of a stable community. Later, the Tokugawa clan gave the area the title of Kauemon Shinden Village, which then became Kauemon Shinden Town (now Kauemon-cho). Visitors can pass through an imposing gate and view magnificent folding screens, bridal wear dating to the Genroku era (1688-1704), and a complete set of implements used for flower viewing parties in the mid-Edo period.

    御代官様が暮らしていた屋敷を、そのまま光景している施設です。栃木駅からはかなり遠いので、レンタサイクルがいいでしょう。中は、江戸時代の重厚で歴史ある光景が広がっています。

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  • Itsukushima Shrine Bijin Benten
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    3.5
    16 Reviews
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    Tochigi Ashikaga-shi Honjo 2-1860
    "This shrine is located in Honjo 2-Chome, Ashikaga City. It enshrines Bijin Benten, an incarnation of Ichikishimahime-no-mikoto, the enshrined deity of Itsukushima Shrine. Bijin Benten is the patron deity of beauty, health, and long life. The shrine issues ""Bijin Shomei"" amulets that prove that a woman is both beautiful on outside and kind of heart on the inside."

    [高評価したい点] ・日本で『唯一』の美人証明書なるものを発行する神社。とはいえ第一・第三３日曜日のみである。 [低評価したい点] ・結構足利＝美人を売りにしているのだが、駐車場が分かりにくい。

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  • Tochigi City Local Reference Hall
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
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    Tochigi Tochigi-shi Yamatocho 4-18
    This museum consists of a kura storehouse and residence which belonged to the Sakakura, a family which operated a pawn broker business in the Edo period. Inside this 200-year-old compound, the museum displays historical items from the city, pieces by artists connected to the area, and stone tools excavated within city limits. Visitors can view the distinctive features of the main building, including its unusually-designed tatami mat room which connects to the storehouse; removable shoji paper doors with vertical wooden bars; and 15-centimeter-wide, 40-centimeter-high right-angled doorframe. The compound is a rare, historically valuable example of period architecture, including the storehouse' entry, which has a rat guard, and steep steps with anti-slip measures.

    無料で江戸時代の質屋さんの見学ができます。保存状態も良く見る価値ありです。 丁寧な説明もありとても勉強になりました。

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  • Sano Ramen Mini Museum
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    3.0
    16 Reviews
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    Tochigi Sano-shi Wakamatsucho
    This mini museum is located inside the Palport plaza in front of Sano Station. Inside the tourist information center on the first floor, the museum displays models of Sano ramen served in some 30 establishments in the area. The bowls used are actual bowls from the various restaurants. Each is a realistic replica of each restaurant's vaunted Sano ramen. Informational cards next to each model present information such as the restaurant's address, business days, number of parking spaces, and noodle characteristics, meaning the museum can also be used to help you choose which restaurant to go to. Visitors rave that just looking at the models will make you hungry, and another nice thing about it is that it's free.

    台風19号に寄る水害の災害ボランティアで栃木県佐野市にやって来た。 佐野駅前に佐野らーめんミニ博物館があると言うので立ち寄った。 佐野駅前交流プラザぱるぽーと １階にあり入場無料の施設。館内に は、市内30店舗のラーメンサンプルが並び、各店の住所や営業日、麺、 スープ、具材の特徴などが掲げられ、らーめん店選びの参考になりま すが、ここでラーメンは食べられなかったのが残念。

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  • Tsukada Memorial Hall
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    3.0
    15 Reviews
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    Tochigi Pref. Tochigishi Yamatochou 2-16
    This exhibition facility located in Yamato-cho, Tochigi City makes use of the Tsukada family's storehouse. They were prominent lumber dealers during the Edo period (1603-1868), and this hall displays some of their important items. There is also an exhibit featuring a robotic dolls performing the tragic story about Uzuma River, and a robotic grandmother that tells stories while plays the shamisen (a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument). The facility has a restaurant, too.

    蔵の街の象徴といえる鯉のぼりの架かる川に沿って、この塚田歴史伝説館の壁が１００メートル以上続きます。 入口でチケットを買った直後に入る部屋では、三味線語りをするおばあさん人形とそれを眺めるおじさんの人形がとてもリアルでした。これがインパクトのピークだった気がします。最後の人形劇はそれほど印象的ではありませんでした。 とは言っても栃木市に来たらこちらを訪問するのはオプションだと思います。

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  • Shimotsuke Yakushiji Historical Museum
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
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    Tochigi Shimotsuke-shi Yakushiji 1636

    三戒壇の一つとされる国指定史跡の「下野薬師寺跡」に関する入館無料の歴史館です。外観はこじんまりとしていますが中に入ると、発掘物を始めとして充実した展示を見ることができました。 ビデオによる説明もありまして、熱心に見ていると1時間くらい直ぐ過ぎてしまいそうでした。屋上からは周囲を眺めることが出来ます。外に出て5分くらい歩くと「下野薬師寺跡」に着きまして、当時の伽藍配置の図が地面に表示されていたり、復...

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  • The site of Ashikaga School
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    Tochigi Pref. Ashikagashi Shouheichou 2338
    These are the ruins of Ashikaga School—said to be the oldest school in Japan—which was abandoned in 1872. The original building has been reconstructed and designated as a Japan Heritage. It is open to the public, so you can see where students studied back during the earliest days of education in Japan.
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  • Mi Kenzakai
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    Tochigi Tochigi-shi Saitama Kazo-shi Gunma Oura-gun
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  • Izurusan Manganji Temple
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    Tochigi Pref. Tochigishi Izurumachi 288
    This Shingon Buddhist Sect Chizan School Temple in Tochigi City is dedicated to the Thousand-Hand Kanzeon Bodhisattva. It is known as being a powerful spiritual location surrounded by forests and water with perpetual services offered for the deceased, zen meditation, and waterfall meditation. The main temple hall has been designated a Prefectural Cultural Property whereas the Deva gate has been designated a City Cultural Property and the Izuru limestone caverns have been designated as City Natural Monument.
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  • Shimotsuke Fudoki-no-Oka Museum
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    4.0
    6 Reviews
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    Tochigi Shimotsuke-shi Kokubunji 993
    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.

    ９時-１７時まで開館の無料の資料館です。歴史について大変勉強になります。歴史が特に好きでなくても訪れる価値があります。

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  • Karasawayama Shrine
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    Tochigi Pref. Sanoshi Fujichou 1409
    This shrine in Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture was founded in 1883 and enshrines Fujiwara-no-Hidesato. Prayer requests for safe driving and family safety are accepted and on the first of each month they do fortune-consultations. Built over the remains of Hidesato's castle, the area is a natural fortress surrounded by cliffs and valleys covered in Japanese Red Pine trees and some of the castle ruins still remain. En route to the main hall you'll pass the Sakura Horse Grounds in which numerous sakura cherry trees are planted.
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  • Ashikaga Museum of Art
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
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    Tochigi Pref. Ashikagashi Tori 2-14-7
    This unusual art museum is built into a housing complex. The museum supports the local culture and artistic endeavors of the Ashikaga and Ryomo regions, with works by local artists from both areas on display. Fine art and performing art workshops are held at the museum. There is also a free to view local artist's corner.

    美術館の1階にあるスペース。美術館の無料デーに行きました。猫に関するグッズが多かった。足利らしい織物関連のお土産もありました。100円のしおりはちょっとしたお土産になると思います。

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  • Soun Museum of Art
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    3.0
    5 Reviews
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    Tochigi Ashikaga-shi Midoricho 2-3768
    This art museum stands at the southern edge of Ashikaga Park. The museum displays the artwork as well as the personal effects of Tazaki Soun, a Southern School painter who was active in Ashikaga from the end of the Edo period through the Meiji period. Known as a late Edo period loyalist painter, Soun studied under artists such as Kanai Ushu and his works have been highly praised outside Japan. Soun was also chosen to be the first Imperial Household Artist, once the highest honor for an artist in Japan, and the museum stores, conserves, and presents his artwork and personal effects. A thatched roof residence believed to have been the home of Soun stands in the museum's garden, and visitors can take in a peaceful atmosphere cut off from the hustle and bustle of the everyday.

    足利公園の中、横にある美術館です。入場にはお金がかかりますが、ちょっと休憩がてらに夜にはいいかもしれません。

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  • Mt. Ohira
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    Tochigi Pref. Tochigishi Hiraichou
    "A small, 341-meter-high mountain. During the cherry blossom viewing season in spring, tea ceremony events are held here. On clear days, visitors to the top of the mountain can see all the way to Tokyo Skytree and the skyscrapers of Shinjuku. When fog covers the lowlands, the surrounding mountains peak above the mist like islands, leading to the area's nickname as the ""Matsushima of the land,"" an allusion to a city famous for its many islands. There's also a stone monument on the mountain dedicated to Yuzo Yamamoto's novel, ""A Stone by the Roadside."""
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  • Kuranomachi Yuransen
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    Tochigi Pref. Tochigishi Yamatochou 2-6 Inside Kitagawa House (next to Tsukada History Traditional Center)
    This tour boat takes you on a relaxing 20-minute coast on the Uzuma River flowing through the center of Tochigi City, Tochigi Prefecture. Even now, warehouse-like buildings that seem to be from Edo period dot the sides of the Uzuma River, formerly a port for Tochigi trade. Famous as a location for TV shoots, you can bathe in the atmosphere of Edo period, as the captain relates the history of the river and charms of the town to you.
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  • Kuranomachi Old Township
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    In Ogi, Tochigi Pref., Around the Tonami River, around the Kaaidemucho area, etc.
    This historic district is located along the Uzuma River in Tochigi City, Tochigi Prefecture. It features preserved townscape lined with warehouses and other old buildings from when it was a bustling wholesale district from the late Edo period to the early Showa period. Today it is a popular tourist destination that allows visitors to experience the atmosphere of the Edo period. It is also used as a filming location for TV and film productions. There is even a pleasure boat that operates on the Uzuma River.
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  • Mt. Horai
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    Tochigi Sano-shi Sakuharacho
    This mountain was established as sacred ground some 1,200 years ago by Shodo, the Buddhist monk who was sad to found the Nikko Futarasan Shrine. Counted amongst the three sacred mountains of Japan, it has much in terms of wonderful seasonal nature to enjoy. Many tourists visit to see the autumn foliage, which is particularly magnificent. The peak viewing -season is around mid-November each year.
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  • Shimotsuke Yakushiji Temple Ruins
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    Tochigi Shimotsuke-shi Yakushiji 1636
    In the Nara period, this Buddhist temple was the greatest in the Kanto provinces and was known for having one of the three most majestic ordination platforms in the country alongside the Todaiji temple and the Kanzeon-ji Temple. Built at the end of the seventh century, in the mid-eighth century, it is said to have been so prosperous, it rivaled the very temples of the capital (then in Nara). Today, a portion of the site of its ruins are maintained as a public park, and visitors can view a reconstructed temple gallery as well as VR imagery which shows what the temple looked like in its heyday. The temple played a central role in Buddhism in the Kanto provinces, and excavations and surveys to date have revealed the temple had a wall stretching 250 meters east to west and 360 meters north to south, as well as 100-meter-long galleries extending in all directions.
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  • Mamada Himo
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    Tochigi Oyama-shi Mamada 1315-2
    This studio makes Mamada himo, a traditional cord craft, born out of the area's abundant natural resources and ingenuity of its people, which has been designated an Oyama Brand product. In ancient times, the hand-woven cords were popularly used to decorate samurai warrior helmets and as sword straps attaching a sheath to one's belt. The studio sells original Mamada himo products and also offers activities in which participants can have fun making their own cords. Mamada himo are dyed with plant dyes, giving them subdued colors, and have an elegance and softness unlike anything made by a machine. When used as a decorative cord for holding a kimono sash in place, they do not loosen or lose their shape. Those participating in one of the studio's crafting activities can use plant dyed silk thread made exclusively from domestic silk cocoons to create their very own, one-of-a-kind cellphone strap.
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  • Ryusenji Museum
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    Tochigi Ashikaga-shi Sukedo 1-652
    The Ryusenji Temple, a sub temple of the Enryakuji Temple, was established in 1205. Since ancient times, the temple has served as a space supporting regional culture, and today a part of the temple is open to the general public as an art museum. The museum's standing exhibition consists of famous works by artists such as Shiko Munakata, Tawaraya Sotatsu, and Taikan Yokoyama, and all are welcome to come in contact with the culture and history of Ashikaga City. The temple grounds bustle with visitors when it holds a Daruma doll market and a lucky Garamaki ceremony from New Year's Day to the Setsubun celebration. Said to ward away evil and misfortune, the temple is visited by many worshippers.
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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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