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Sights in Kanuma, Tochigi
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Kanuma City Flower and Tree Center
Venue of the Kanuma Satsuki Festival and a hub for gardening plants, materials, and information.
Matsuya Ryokan
A quiet Japanese-style inn near Mae-Nikko Prefectural Natural Park.
Gotenyama Park
About 100 cherry trees bloom in spring, and visitors enjoy walks here year-round.
Former Awano Junior High School Building
A 1949 wooden school closed in 2003 after about 4,500 graduates, now used for filming.
Kaminagano Wintersweet Village
The only place in Japan to view the basic wintersweet variety, among about 5,000 plants.
Kanuma Satoyama Wine Shop
Shop selling wines and juices from estate-grown grapes, with a terrace overlooking the vineyard.
Kanuma Hizatsuki Fruit Plaza
Sells apples, grapes, cherries, peaches, blueberries, and aloe year-round, with apple picking in season.
Awano Town Tourist Yana
Riverside tatami seats serve charcoal-grilled ayu from the kappa-legend Ogura River.
Awano Shiroyama Park
Park on the Awano Castle site, famous for some 20,000 mountain azaleas blooming in late April.
Oashi Gorge
This unspoiled gorge has about 20 waterfalls, autumn foliage, and a photogenic arched bridge.
Oashi River
This exceptionally clear river holds Nikko iwana and ayu and is popular for water play.
Higashi Koyasan Ioji Temple
Founded in 765 by Shodo Shonin, with a thatched main hall and Heian and Kamakura statues.
Tochigi Shamo Processing Cooperative
Offers handmade smoked Kanuma chicken from lean Tochigi Shamo raised on wild mountain plants.
Nikko Soba
It serves house-grown soba, including midwinter stream-soaked buckwheat that is frozen and sun-dried.
Japanese Restaurant Mishima
A Kanuma restaurant serving local Tochigi wagyu, with private rooms and barrier-free access.
Kasuo River
Northern Kanto's finest gorge river, the upper Omoigawa, with trout, char, and ayu.
Kanuma City Sumio Kawakami Art Museum
A small clock-tower museum centered on about 2,000 works by woodblock artist Sumio Kawakami.
Deai no Mori Welfare Center (Kanuma City Senior Welfare Center)
A hot-spring rest place supporting healthy, purposeful everyday life for older adults.
Jorakuji Temple (Rokujison)
Temple honoring physician Nakano Chigen, famed for curing the thunder god with moxibustion.
Mae-Nikko Highland Lodge
This lodge lets guests enjoy Mae-Nikko's sunsets, night wildlife, stars, and dawn views.
Tree of Dreams (Taro Okamoto Monument)
Taro Okamoto's 1984 monument now stands before Shin-Kanuma Station's east exit.
Kino Furusato Traditional Crafts Museum
Kanuma's wood-culture center displays carved festival floats, kumiko screens, and local brooms.
Akayashio and Shiroyashio on Mount Yuhidake
A nature spot for red and white azaleas on Mount Yuhidake.
Shogetsu Japanese Sweets Shop
Handmade monaka shaped like Kanuma's carved floats come in three sizes with red-bean filling.
New Kanuma-juku Town Station
Kanuma's tourism hub serves local soba and konnyaku and sells regional specialties.
Isoyama Shrine (Hydrangeas)
Once granted Tokugawa shogunal land, it is now a leading northern Kanto hydrangea spot.
Nagano River
Clear river through Kanuma's Nagano district, with Momokawa Gorge, a three-tier waterfall, and many soba shops.
Kanuma Shimosawa Fish Weir
Visitors eat salt-grilled ayu from the Oashi River weir or catch fish at the pond.
Kasozan Shrine
Ancient Kanuma shrine said founded by Shodo Shonin in the first year of Jingo-Keiun.
Kazozan Shrine
Shrine listed in 878 and birthplace of the black daruma, long associated with Mount Ozaku.
Kongozan Zuihoji Temple
Shodo Shonin reportedly trained here; the temple is revered for averting disasters.
Furumine Garden
This large stroll garden at Furumine Shrine uses clear water from the Oashi River.
Five-Tier Falls
These falls in Mae-Nikko Prefectural Natural Park lie a short walk from Ido Marsh.
Ontakesan Shrine
Kukai reportedly founded this shrine in 812; it preserves Kiso Ontake mountain faith.
Kosaiji Temple
This Tendai temple preserves a Kamakura Amida triad and an Enku Senju Kannon.
Arai River
Arai River flows 18 kilometers from a great waterfall to the Oashi River, loved for clear water and ayu fishing.
Kurokawa River
Rising in southern Nikko, this river flows through Kanuma past a miniature restored brick railway abutment.
Imamiya Shrine
Kanuma's guardian shrine holds an autumn festival of over 20 carved floats, a UNESCO intangible heritage.
Iseya Ryokan
A ryokan in front of JR Kanuma Station.
Kanuma Sports Park
A nature-filled park with sports fields, courts, a track, a heated indoor pool, and a playground.
Kanuma Nishikigoi Park
Japan's first colored-carp museum and park; indoor facilities are closed, but the grounds are open.
Kanuma Municipal Awano History and Folklore Museum
Shows Awano archaeological relics and hemp-growing tools inside the city library's Awano branch.
Jinzen Tomoe Lodge
Site where Priest Shodo trained for three years before opening Nikko, on Kobugahara Plateau.
Furumine Shrine
Forest shrine near the Oashi River source, enshrining Yamato Takeru and revered for its tengu messengers.
Kasuo Clear Stream Village
Direct-sales shop near Ogoe Tunnel selling handmade foods, local produce, and soba.
Seirinji Temple (Peonies)
Temple known for a 16-meter Buddha and about 700 peonies blooming from late April.
Nikko Coffee Kyocha-an Main Store
Retro hideaway cafe on a quiet lane, serving drip coffee, homemade cakes, and slow-cooked omurice.
Shoko Shrine
Shrine holding an annual crying-sumo rite to pray for children's healthy growth.
Osakaya Yumeboki Shop
Shop offering a workshop to make lucky mini brooms of the Kanuma Yume Hoki craft.
Okonnyaku Teahouse
Cafe specializing in handmade Kanuma heirloom konnyaku, including widely featured konnyaku chocolate.
Float Town Central Park
Park showing three carved festival floats, a restored garden, and a hall of local products.
Kanuma City Cultural Exchange Center
Cultural center joining a new cedar building with a reused deep-rock stone storehouse.
Otsuka Charcoal Yakiniku Kanuma Store
Yakiniku restaurant serving selected Kanuma wagyu purchased whole by its wholesale parent company.
Nakajo Shoten Main and Tomioka Stores
Konnyaku shop founded in 1907, handmaking quality Kanuma konnyaku with hometown flavor and texture.
Basokiya Yakisoba Kanuma Store
Yakisoba shop popular for rich toppings and nira yakisoba using Kanuma's local garlic chives.
Watanabe Apple Orchard
Organic orchard offering free-entry fruit picking and sales of tree-ripened apples, peaches, and cherries.
Mount Ozaku
Varied 890-meter climb with chains and ladders; a helmet is recommended.
Senjuin Temple
Priestless temple in Senjuyama Park enshrining a wooden Thousand-Armed Kannon, opened monthly.
Senjusan Park
A hilltop park on Kanuma's edge offers city views, seasonal flowers, and children's rides.
Chiba Shozo Memorial Museum
This museum presents Chiba Shozo's life through donated relics and includes a children's reading room.
Sotai Dosojin Manju
Koiso Confectionery sells moist brown-sugar manju with red-bean or white-bean paste.
Yashio-an Soba Restaurant
Soba shop in a hot-spring hall, serving stone-milled local noodles and seasonal Awano vegetables.
Oashi River F&C Field Village (Managed Fishing Pond)
This clear groundwater pond is stocked with many trout, including taimen up to 10 kilograms.
Outdoor Village Hokkoro Forest Fishing Area
A clear managed fishery at 500 meters, with four ponds suited to sight fishing.