12 Camping & Trekking Tochigi Ohira-san Hiking Tomoko Kamishima Ohira-san, a hill (341 meters high) at the northern edge of the Kanto Plain, commands a superb view of the whole Kanto area.
Activities Tochigi Iwafune-san Kosho-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Iwafune-san Rock looks like a boat left on the broad Kanto Plain. The rock itself has been deified and is worshiped as a god. It..
Activities Ohirasan Prefectural Natural Park Sakura Festival Kim Bergström Each year around the early April timeframe, Tochigi's Ōhirasan Prefectural Natural Park hosts a cherry blossom festival to..
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 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 ..
9 Outdoors Nikko's Yuno-ko Lake in the Rain Larry Knipfing This story focuses on the beauty of Yuno-ko Lake. It was clean and pure and very, very quiet on this rainy day.
12 Outdoors Saino-ko Lake in Nikko Tomoko Kamishima Saino-ko Lake suddenly appears in a deep forest of oaks, elms and silver birches. It is only 1.5 km around the small lake, but the..
