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Sights in Ashikaga, Tochigi
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Ashikaga Flower Park
This vast park of seasonal flowers and great wisteria won Japan's top illumination award.
Gyodosan Joinji Temple
Said to be founded by Gyoki in 714, this cliff-ringed temple, called Kanto's Koyasan, became a scenic site in 1975.
Watarase Water Park (Watarase Beach)
A large waterfront park where all ages can enjoy Watarase Beach, up to 80 centimeters deep.
Taiheiki Hall
Sells Ashikaga souvenirs near Ashikaga School and Bannaji, with information, free parking, and bicycle rental.
Ashikaga Tourism Exchange Center (Ashi-Navi)
Inside Tobu Ashikaga-shi Station, it offers information, souvenirs, rest space, and bicycle rental.
Ashikaga City Bicycle Rental
Ashikaga Tourism Association rents bicycles for city sightseeing, returnable at two locations.
Toyokan
This Meiji-era inn has its prized Jizo no Yu hot-spring source on the grounds.
Ashikaga Park
This hillside park is famous for cherries and azaleas and contains ten ancient tombs.
Ashikaga Local History Exhibition Room
The room displays Ashikaga archaeological finds and serves as a workspace for processing them.
Ashikaga Hometown Learning Museum
This folk-materials museum opened in 1998 in a former elementary school and shows local artifacts.
Koundo Main Store
For over a century this Ashikaga confectioner has crafted hometown sweets, including seal monaka and Takauji senbei.
Tori 6-chome Itsukushima Shrine (Nagao Benten)
Moved here from Chorinji in 1868 after being enshrined by Nagao Castle's third lord.
Plaza Hamada
A record and goods shop of over 100 years, with an in-store cafe serving homemade dishes.
Kasahara Industries
A flour miller selling 100 percent Tochigi wheat flour, udon, and ramen.
Funasadaya Main Store
Ashikaga sweet shop famed for original sweet-potato yokan, created from leftover potatoes.
Tokuzoji Temple (Ping-Pong Temple)
Said to date from late Heian, this temple is famed for 500 Arhats, one of Japan's three great sets.
Barley Workshop Roa
This shop sells Barley Dacquoise made wholly from Ashikaga-grown two-row barley.
Sawa Hall
A dining hall near popular attractions, with Japanese rooms for up to 80 and reserved group meals.
Ashikaga Orihime Shrine
A vermilion shrine enshrining weaving deities, worshipped for industry and matchmaking.
Dainichi Teahouse
Overlooking Banna-ji’s seasons, it serves Ashikaga potato yakisoba and Ashikaga shumai.
Koundo (Ancient Tile Senbei)
This shop bakes traditional senbei molded on ancient Ashikaga roof tiles linked to Ashikaga School and Bannaji.
Chorinji Temple
Founded in 1448 as the Ashikaga Nagao family's memorial temple and a Fukurokuju site.
Banna-ji Temple
A national historic site and Ashikaga clan temple founded in 1196, evoking a Kamakura warrior residence.
Genkaen Inn
Guests enjoy cuisine and a garden attributed to Tani Buncho and named by Watanabe Kazan.
Yagibushi Hall
This hall presents Yagibushi, a folk song created by Gentaro Watanabe of Horigome.
Nagusa Firefly Village
A Genji firefly habitat chosen among 100 Hometown Wildlife Villages, where locals breed and release fireflies.
New Daiei Business Hotel
A quiet hotel beside the Watarase River in Ashikaga suits business and sightseeing.
Kamogawa Japanese Restaurant
A Japanese restaurant devoted to nutritious amaranth, used in cutlet bowls and udon.
Long Bridges over the Watarase River
Sunset views from these Watarase River bridges are famed, and Watarase Bridge has a song monument.
Orihime Park
Park opened in 1976 with Kanto Plain views, seasonal flowers, and a nearby hiking trailhead.
Men Kappo Nakagawa, Shop Associated with Mitsuo Aida
A leading Tochigi soba shop serving rare local buckwheat noodles and celebrated sake.
Shintsuin Temple (Jurojin)
Temple founded in 1566 for the Nagao parents' memorial and dedicated to Jurojin.
Watarase Bridge Song Monument
A monument to Chisato Moritaka's song stands at the north end of scenic Watarase Bridge.
New Miyako Hotel Annex
This brick-style hotel has a calm retro interior and suits business or longer stays.
Kabasaki Hachimangu Shrine
Hachimangu within national historic Kabasaki-ji ruins, begun when Yoshiuji enshrined Ashikaga Yoshikane.
New Miyako Hotel Ashikaga Main Building
Ashikaga's landmark hotel faces Ashikaga-shi Station and welcomes business and sightseeing guests.
Kisshoji Temple
Citizens call this 1260s Tendai temple the hydrangea temple for its 1,500 bushes.
Soshuro Restaurant
This century-old Ashikaga restaurant serves reservation-only kaiseki in private rooms.
Honjo Itsukushima Shrine (Bijin Benten)
Built in 1793, this shrine issues a paid certificate of inner beauty, not outward looks.
Fukugonji Temple (Hoteison)
Founded in 1182, this Hotei temple of the Ashikaga Seven Lucky Gods enshrines Koyasu Kannon.