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Sights in Nakagawacho, Tochigi
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Hometown Lodge at Mahoroba no Yu
This five-guest lodge costs 15,000 yen a night and includes free bathing until 21:00.
Kazuo Iwamura Picture Book Hill Art Museum
It opened in April 1998 in Nakagawa and displays Kazuo Iwamura originals, sketches, and overseas editions.
Torinoko Sanjo Shrine
Founded in 807 astride the prefectural border, it is famed for one of Japan's largest owl statues.
Gozen Rock
This odd rock linked to Tokugawa Mitsukuni is prayed to for children and safe birth amid autumn foliage.
Hometown Forest Park
This family-friendly Nakagawa park has historic buildings, a folklore museum, a pond, and a children's area.
Koisago District, Most Beautiful Villages in Japan
It is Tochigi's only member of Japan's Most Beautiful Villages, known for Koisago-yaki kilns and terraces.
Mount Mumo Jurinji Bato-in
Founded in 1217, it was renamed by Tokugawa Mitsukuni and enshrines Bato Kannon.
Nakagawa Town Bato Local History Museum
Exhibits Nakagawa history and culture from Jomon times to the present, including pottery and gold production.
Nakagawa Town Bato Hiroshige Museum of Art
Displays Utagawa Hiroshige paintings and prints, reopening after renewal in March 2026.
Jiganji Temple (13th of the Twenty-Four Disciples)
A Jodo Shinshu Honganji temple founded by Shinganbo, one of Shinran's twenty-four direct disciples.
Nakagawa Town Nasu Fudoki-no-Oka Museum
Introduces Nasu history from Jomon through Heian times around the Naka and Hoki river confluence.
Nakagawa Town Artisans' Hall Folk Museum
An old house in Hometown Forest Park where visitors can experience Meiji-era daily life.
Kara-no-Gosho Cave Tombs
Nationally designated ancient cave tombs of late Kofun chieftains, with house-like inner chambers.
Tomiyama Iwauchiwa
Large colonies of small pale-pink iwauchiwa bloom deep in the mountains for two or three weeks.