Kinugawa Hot Spa Resort

Kinuta / Fujiwara Ikuzou

Hankaki / Fujiwara Ikuzou

This statue is in the *Hankaki* pose 

- a Buddhist seated posture in which one leg is crossed over the other thigh.

A statue of an ogre named Kinuta, depicted in this pose, stands at the foot of Kinuiwa Bridge in the Kinugawa Onsen area of ​​Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture.

Kinuko / Fujiwara Ikuzou

Primavera / Mine Takashi

Limited Express Nikko (Blue 253 Series)

Limited Express Nikko (Blue 253 Series)

The Shiraishi Family Residence In Tochigi City

The Shiraishi Family Residence is a city-owned facility that preserves the home of the Shiraishi family, who served as village headmen during the Edo period.

Visitors can view the thatched-roof main house, the gatehouse (*nagaya-mon*), and the earthen storehouse, all of which were built towards the end of the Edo period.

Tochigi Flower Center

Tochigi Flower Center is a botanical garden located in Iwafune-machi, Tochigi City, Tochigi Prefecture; it can be reached by car from Utsunomiya City in 30 minutes to an hour.

You can enjoy a wide variety of flowers there.