Activities Igashira Park, Moka Stacy Kurokawa You need a car, a free day, good weather, a love of the outdoors, and some company preferably a child, to enjoy all the facilities..
6 Outdoors Nikko's Lovely White Birch Larry Knipfing This story focuses on a simple thing of beauty--the white birch. There are many in Nikko, especially in Senjogahara and Odajirogahara,..
10 Camping & Trekking Hiking in Nikko in the Rain Larry Knipfing This story focuses on hiking in the rain: Senjogahara, Odajirogahara, Yuno-ko Lake and other places. The people I met along the..
Camping & Trekking Utsuno Cave Tom Roseveare Utsuno Cave is a small, hidden-away location in Sano, Tochigi prefecture, that is completely off the beaten path.
7 Outdoors Nikko's Beautiful Fields Larry Knipfing This story focuses on some of the large fields and marshlands in Nikko. They are wide and vast, and on this day quite misty--a special..
9 Camping & Trekking Ko-Maruyama Hiking Course in Nikko Tomoko Kamishima Mt. Ko-Maruyama is located within Nikko’s Kirifuri-kogen highlands. This course is very slippery year round. But the splendid ..
Activities Snowmobiling at Ozasa Farm Tom Roseveare Break formation from the well-trodden tourist trail to Nikko's Toshogu shrine and discover a new adventure a little to the east..
9 Activities Early Morning on Lake Yunoko Steve Morton Experience a more relaxing side to Nikko alongside the picturesque shores of Lake Yunoko which even despite its popularity, still..