Edo

Visit the Former Yamanaka Family Residence (Yoakemae), a Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Shimotsuke City, Tochigi. Experience authentic Edo-period farmhouse architecture, enjoy artisan coffee at a heritage café, and explore Tenpyo no Oka Park's 500 cherry trees. A perfect off-the-beaten-path Japan destination.

Ōsaki Shrine in Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture, is a venerable Engishiki-listed shrine with over 1,500 years of history. Dedicated to the gods of fortune Daikoku and Ebisu, its Main Hall (1707) and Worship Hall (late 17th century) feature extraordinary polychrome carvings by master sculptor Shimamura Entetsu, designated as Important Cultural Properties of Japan in 2018. The shrine represents a pioneering stage in the development of ornate decorative shrine architecture in northern Kantō.

The Taiyuin Mausoleum at Rinnoji Temple in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, is the final resting place of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, completed in 1653. Comprising a National Treasure–designated main hall and over twenty Important Cultural Properties, the complex forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Shrines and Temples of Nikko. Discover its dignified gold-and-black lacquer interiors, dragon ceiling paintings by master artist Kano Tan'yū, and the transformative experience of ascending through five magnificent gates toward the sacred inner sanctum.

Japan's only Special Historic Site and Special Natural Monument, this Guinness-record cedar avenue near Nikko was donated to Tōshōgū in 1648 by Matsudaira Masatsuna.

From the late Edo period, the Iizuka main residence front gate is the compound's oldest structure. The main house is gone, but this large munamon gate survives.

The Daiichi Shuzo Sake Brewery Storehouse in Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture, is the historic core of Tochigi's oldest sake brewery, founded in 1673. Registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2016, this massive earthen-wall storehouse spans 39 meters with a total area of 818 square meters, preserving the brewery landscape from the late Edo period. Discover the home of the celebrated Kaika brand, where over 350 years of integrated farming and brewing tradition continue to thrive.

The Tanami Residence main house, by the Uzuma River in Oyama, Tochigi, is a large late-Edo farmhouse with a hipped tile roof and six-room plan. Registered 2014; private.

The Tanami Residence detached wing in Oyama, Tochigi is a late-Edo reception building with an alcove, display shelves, and a writing bay. Registered 2014; private.

The Tanuma Residence main house in Ashikaga was a village headman's home of mid-Edo origin, remodeled around 1894 into its tiled, gabled form. Registered 2006; private.