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Sano · Tochigi · 33 places
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Sano Premium Outlets
About 180 domestic and overseas brand shops fill this Kanto outlet styled like an American East Coast town.
Tenmyo Castings
Traditional Sano metal castings, from tea kettles and temple bells to everyday tools.
Chaina
The shop serves green-bamboo handmade Sano ramen and handmade gyoza, plus popular gomoku ramen.
Ramen Tashichi
This green-onion ramen shop covers each bowl with scallions and serves light soup and firm noodles.
Menya Yosuke Horigome Branch
Sano ramen branch serving Yosuke's uniquely chewy noodles in a clear broth packed with thick umami.
Menya Yosuke Sano New Town Branch
One of three Sano ramen shops, a six-year Tabelog East Japan top 100, known for chewy noodles.
Menya Yosuke Main Branch
Main Sano ramen shop, a six-year Tabelog East Japan top 100, with weekend waits over 100 groups.
Katayama Park
About 100 Somei-Yoshino cherry trees bloom, and a once-operating steam locomotive is on display.
Izuruhara Benten Pond and Isoyama Benzaiten (Isoyama Park)
Izuruhara Benten Pond spring was selected in 1985 among Japan's Hundred Famous Waters.
Sano City Local History Museum
The museum displays relics of Tanaka Shozo and archaeological, historical, and folk materials from Sano.
Kikusuien Sweets Shop
Streamside seasonal shop serving natural-ice shaved ice with local mikan and strawberry syrups, April 25 to September 30.
Karasawayama Castle Ruins (National Historic Site)
These national historic mountain-castle ruins, one of Japan's Continued Top 100 Castles, overlook the Kanto Plain.
Sano Ramen
Curly green-bamboo noodles in a light soy broth made with Sano water define this local ramen.
Manyo Nature Park Katakuri Village
On storied Mount Mikamo, katakuri flowers carpet the woods from late March to early April.
Fukujuso Shop
A teahouse by Izuruhara Benten Pond, one of Japan’s 100 famous waters, also sells snacks.
Sano Service Area (Northbound) Information
The first service area in Tochigi was renewed in summer 2022 and suits stops for Nikko or Nasu.
Utsuno Cave
This roughly 100-meter limestone cave stays cool in summer and warm in winter.
Sano City International Cricket Ground Tearoom
A tearoom doubling as the Japan Cricket Association office, serving British tea and scones during matches.
Sano Yakuyoke Daishi (Kasugaokayama Sosoji Temple)
Enshrining misfortune-warding Ganzan Daishi, this Kanto temple draws a million New Year worshippers.
Araiya Miso Manju
This shop has made Sano's specialty miso manju continuously since its founding in 1929.
ORIX Rent-a-Car Sano
It offers a wide range of vehicles from compact cars to trucks, regardless of manufacturer.
Toyota Rent-a-Lease Tochigi Sano
It offers many trucks and buses, 300 meters north of Takahagi Intersection on Route 50.
Mikamo Herb Garden (in Mikamoyama Park)
About 40 herbs, including lavender and sage, bloom at their peak here in June.
Sano Service Area (Southbound) Information
It is known for Sano ramen and Tochigi souvenirs, and both sides are connected on foot.
Ikoi Hall
This rural restaurant, opened in 1994, serves soba made from locally grown buckwheat flour.
Suhanazaka Park (Rest House and Fireflies)
A nature park at Suhanazaka Pass with Meiji-to-Showa tunnels, a 3.5 km trail, and June fireflies.
Living National Treasure Koichi Tamura Art Museum
Opened in 2019, it exhibits iron-painted ceramics by Sano-born Living National Treasure Koichi Tamura.
Awashimado Tochigi Sano Factory
Awashimado’s newest Sano factory offers sweets-making tours and a direct-sales shop.
Yuju Ando "Days of Boyhood" Art Museum
A private museum of Yuju Ando, who keeps painting boyhood themes in colored pencil.
Hozan Restaurant
A rural restaurant serving seasonal tastes of Hozan, including handmade soba, tempura, and pickles.
Negoya-tei (inside Negoya Forest Park)
It serves flavorful soba using plenty of local buckwheat flour inside Negoya Forest Park.
Ashikaga Country Club Tako Course
A 36-hole golf course in the village of Hikoma, marking 45 years since opening.
Mitsuha Sauce (Hayakawa Foods Co., Ltd.)
It sells nostalgic local sauce still handmade by artisans at key production steps.