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Only About 1 Hour from Asakusa- Access to Tochigi City Access To ●10 Adachi Antiquarian Museum (Tel. 0282-22-0149) 15min walk from Tochigi Station Access 3min walk from The First Parking Lot FOOD The museum built by renovating warehouses of a kimono to Tochigi City merchant (the end of Edo era –the middle of Meiji era) displays mainly Japanese prints, picture scrolls, sculp- Yakisoba with stir-fried potato tures, and antiques that are an excellent collection of to Aizu ●18 Kōko Ichibankan Tel. 0282-24-1188 Adachi Kokichi (a dealer in kimono fabrics). 19 Kinugawa Onsen Open: 10:00~17:00 ●Kōshin no Mise Tel. 0282-23-4264 Nikko Closed: Monday (If it is a national holiday, it is opened.) Yakisoba with stir-fried potato Utsunomiya ●11 Kuranomachi Kankokan (Tel. 0282-25-0560) Chinese Noodle 15min walk from Tochigi Station (Yugao Ramen) 3min walk from The First Parking Lot The building was built in 1904 as a hemp wholesaler’s ●21 Komadorirou Tel. 0282-22-1290 Shintochigi shop. Today, the building facing on Takasaki Tochigi Kuranomachi Street is used as a souvenior shop. Chinese Noodle Oyama Open: 9:00~18:00 Closed: December 29th –January 3rd ※Please contact each property directly to inquire about to Yorii Buckwheat Noodle business hours at the end & the beginning of the year. ●18 Kōko Ichibankan Tel. 0282-24-1188 ●22 Shinkian Tel. 0282-22-1107 Other ●23 Kuromiya Tel. 0282-23-3760 Omiya Kasukabe ●12 Tamagawa Onsen（Kingyo no yu） (Tel. 0282-22-1865) ●24 Taro-an Tel. 0282-25-1241 Buckwheat Noodle 10min walk from Tochigi Station. Kitasenjyu Tamagawa onsen is Japanese traditional public bath. The second floor is a place for citizens’ relaxation. Japanese Cuisine Ueno ●25 Kanahan Tel. 0282-22-0108 Ikebukuro TokyoSkytree 13 Iwashita Museum (Tel. 0282-20-5533) Tokyo ● 26 to Funabashi 10min walk from Tochigi Station ●Uou Tel. 0282-22-0543 Asakusa Shinjuku 15min from Tochigi I.C. (by car) ●27 Shinhama Tel. 0282-23-2246 The museum is managed by Iwashita Shokuhin Co., Ltd. …TOBU Line ●28 Abuden-Miso Tel. 0282-22-3251 Its collection consists of works of great Japanese painters …JR Line and potters. The museum sets up also a section for history ●29 Nakanoya Tel. 0282-23-1313 Uou of our pickled ginger industry. Access (TOBU) From Asakusa Station ●14 A Pleasure Boat Ride (Tel. 0282-23-2003) Western Dish Limited Express (70min) Limited Express Enjoy a ride seeing the houses along the Uzuma River ! ●30 Tochigi Grand Hotel Tel. 0120-22-1236 (40min) Service Every day (except the beginning and the end of the year) Nikko ： 31 Always Kamaya Tel. 0282-22-0457 10:00 16:00 (March- November) 11:00 15:00 (December-February) ● Asakusa Section Rapid (90min) Tochigi ～ ～ Kinugawa � The boat will be out of service in case of bad weather or the low water level. ●32 Kura Chic Tel. 0282-22-3815 Limited Express Onsen (40min) ●33 Akagi-tei Tel. 0282-22-0360 Access From Shinjuku Station Lent a Cycle ●34 Hunami chaya (Cafe) Tel. 0282-22-4073 Limited Express ●15 Cycle Park (Tel. 090-4721-8887) Limited Express(75 min) (40min) ●35 Nazuna (Cafe) Tel. 0282-21-7273 Tochigi Grand Hotel Shinjuku Tochigi Nikko ¥300 (UP to 3hours) ¥500 (One Day) Kinugawa Shopping Limited Express Onsen 36 (40min) ●Toriumi (Pickles Shop) Tel. 0282-23-7279 Access (JR) From Tokyo Station & Ueno Station ●37 Buheisaku Dango (Japanese Sweets) Tel. 0282-24-7727 Shinkansen (45min) Local Train ●38 Marronier (Confectionery Store) Main Store Tel. 0282-24-8280 (10min) Tokyo Taxi & Baggage Check 39 16 ●Marronier (Confectionery Store) Fujiya Branch Tel. 0282-24-7070 Rapid (65min) Oyama Tochigi ●Sightseeing Bus (Fureai Bus) (Tel. 0282-29-1221) Ueno Fureai bus is a sightseeing bus which runs in the city. ●40 Momenya (Japanese Sweets) Tel. 0282-22-7400 Sightseeing bus ¥100（unlimited ride ¥200/one day） ●41 Yamamoto Sōhonten (Japanese Sweets) Tel. 0282-22-4700 Access (Tohoku Expressway) From Kawaguchi JCT ●42 Higano (Japanese Sweets) Tel. 0282-24-6550 * Required time is a rough estimate. ●43 Kuranomachi Vegetable Shop Tel. 0282-25-8231 Kawaguchi Tohoku Expressway(50min) Tochigi JCT I.C. ●17 Tochigi Gōdō Taxi (Tel. 0282-22-5000) Sightseeing Taxi ¥5,000 (60-90min) Access (Kitakanto Expressway) From Takasaki JCT･ Tomobe JCT * Required time is a rough estimate. Baggage Check ¥300 (One Day) / next to Tochigi Station Takasaki 50min Tochigi 50min Tomobe JCT I.C. JCT Dengaku Marronier Roll Cake (If it is a national holiday, it is closed the next day.) next the closed is it holiday, national a is it (If Closed: Closed: Tuesday, Wednesday (If it is a national holiday, it is opened.) is it holiday, national a is it (If Wednesday Tuesday, Monday/ except April-June, September- November September- April-June, except Monday/ Closed: Open: 10:00~16:00 Open: http://www.city.tochigi.lg.jp/ Open: 9:00~17:00 Open: have been carefully restored. carefully been have TEL.0282-21-2543/FAX.0282-24-7666 photos, his belongings, etc. belongings, his photos, Today, the wholesale store office and the historic bank bank historic the and office store wholesale the Today, Tochigi City Office: Tourism & Commerce Division Commerce & Tourism Office: City Tochigi late Edo period, displays a chronology, his works, manuscripts, manuscripts, works, his chronology, a displays period, Edo late side as you face it). it). face you as side memorial hall built by renovating a warehouse (misegura) of the the of (misegura) warehouse a renovating by built hall memorial store (the right side as you face it) and the bank (the left left (the bank the and it) face you as side right (the store famous for his masterpiece “A Stone by the Roadside”. This This Roadside”. the by Stone “A masterpiece his for famous Meiji era. The building consists of a hemp wholesale wholesale hemp a of consists building The era. Meiji http://www.kuranomachi.jp Yuzo Yamamoto is a great writer who was born in Tochigi, and and Tochigi, in born was who writer great a is Yamamoto Yuzo The Yokoyama family were wealthy merchants of the the of merchants wealthy were family Yokoyama The TEL.0282-25-2356/FAX.0282-20-7373 3min walk from The First Parking Lot Parking First The from walk 3min 5min walk from The First Parking Lot Parking First The from walk 5min Tochigi City Tourist Association Tourist City Tochigi 15min walk from Tochigi Station Tochigi from walk 15min 15min walk from Tochigi Station Tochigi from walk 15min ● ● Yuzo Yamamoto Birthplace Memorial Exhibition Exhibition Memorial Birthplace Yamamoto Yuzo (Tel. 0282-22-8805) (Tel. Yokoyama Local Culture Hall Hall Culture Local Yokoyama (Tel. 0282-22-0159) (Tel. 9 4 Sightseeing Map Sightseeing Eastern Area Eastern cultural assets. cultural the former capital city was registered as prefectural prefectural as registered was city capital former the (If it is a national holiday, it is opened.) is it holiday, national a is it (If by the moat. This one and only vestige in the remains of of remains the in vestige only and one This moat. the by Closed: Monday Monday Closed: Then the Tochigi prefectural buildings were surrounded surrounded were buildings prefectural Tochigi the Then Open: 10:00~16:00 Open: the capital in Tochigimachi ended with very short history. short very with ended Tochigimachi in capital the beam, etc. beam, However in 1884, it was transferred to Utsunomiya, so so Utsunomiya, to transferred was it 1884, in However warehouse such as a steep staircase and a pine wood wood pine a and staircase steep a as such warehouse In 1873, the capital was established in Tochigimachi. Tochigimachi. in established was capital the 1873, In 200-year history. You can find characteristics of earthen earthen of characteristics find can You history. 200-year 5min walk from The First Parking Lot Parking First The from walk 5min warehouse of the Itakura family (pawnbroker) with about about with (pawnbroker) family Itakura the of warehouse 15min walk from Tochigi Station Tochigi from walk 15min The museum consists of the former residence and the the and residence former the of consists museum The ● Tochigi City Hall City Tochigi 3 3min walk from The First Parking Lot Parking First The from walk 3min Western Area Area Western 15min walk from Tochigi Station Tochigi from walk 15min ● Tochigi City Local Reference Hall Hall Reference Local City Tochigi (Tel. 0282-24-2145) (Tel. 8 old days. old (If it is a national holiday, it is opened.) is it holiday, national a is it (If warehouses on both sides of the streets. The streets take you back to the the to back you take streets The streets. the of sides both on warehouses Closed: Monday / except April- June, October, November October, June, April- except / Monday Closed: cho Street. There are black-walled old shops, and white-walled white-walled and shops, old black-walled are There Street. cho Tochigi city Tochigi Tochigi city Tochigi Open: 9:00~17:00 Open: - Kaemon the and street main the on Road Reiheishi of trail a is There River, and white-walled warehouses are the landmarks of Tochigi City. Tochigi of landmarks the are warehouses white-walled and River, road which they used to pass through was called Reiheishi Road. Road. Reiheishi called was through pass to used they which road (Tokyo). The black wooden wall (120m) is standing along the Uzuma Uzuma the along standing is (120m) wall wooden black The (Tokyo). came from Kyoto to Nikko for religious ceremonies held in Nikko. The The Nikko. in held ceremonies religious for Nikko to Kyoto from came Welcome to Welcome the Uzuma River via the Tone River down to the lumberyard in Edo Edo in lumberyard the to down River Tone the via River Uzuma the to Mt.
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