Best places: Tourist attractions in Ashikaga, Japan

Charming flower gardens offering 8 seasonal thematic displays & a spring wisteria festival.

Striking, scarlet-colored Shinto shrine on a hilltop, frequented by couples & illuminated at night.

Ages-old temple surrounded by a moat & famed for a large ginkgo tree with golden leaves in fall.

Historic, picturesque site & known as Japan's oldest school, also houses temples & shops.

Stone plaque with a switch that plays a song memorializing the scenic Watarase Bridge at sunset.

Wooded park known for fall leaves, a Shinto shrine & a plaza with views over the Kantō Plain.

Narrow green space with a playground & walking track, plus baseball, tennis & basketball facilities.

Museum in landscaped gardens, showcasing Imari & Nabeshima porcelain, including tableware & vases.

👍👍 20230907 とてもステキなパワースポットでした✨ この巨石群へ続く林道は本当に森が深く、日光も遮るほどで、GARMINの計測では気温24℃、おー、涼しいぃ～😆ただ、湿気が多いので自転車での上り坂はやはり汗だく💦しかも、昨日降った雨☔のせいで林道には小枝や枯葉、小石などが多数散乱、しかも路面は苔むしたり、ガタガタ...

Art museum emphasizing exhibitions of historical & modern works from the Ashikaga area.

👍👍 血生臭い戦乱の世を武略と知恵、あるいは運で乗り切り、その数少ない生き残りとなった「漢」が最後にたどり着いた、永遠の平穏と安息の地がこの樺崎寺跡なのです。 その漢が波瀾万丈な人生を回想しながら鑑賞したであろう、この世に極楽を再現したという浄土庭園が現地で見事に復元されています。彼はこの場所で没しました...

👍👍 I visited for the first time the other day. The precincts are not so big, but there are many things to see, and to be honest, it is fun. This time, the [Wooden 500 Arhats] is closed and I can't see it, but I want to see it next time. It also seems to be a power spot for [marriage], and there is a b...

👍 It's a place for mountain training. The Myoshinji school of the Rinzai sect is rare in the Kanto region because it is related to the Ashikaga clan. Nowadays, you can drive up to the base of the mountain by car, but in the past, people had to climb up on their own feet from the stone pagoda that mark...

Historic hillside park dating to 1884 featuring cherry blossoms & a shrine with grass burial mounds.

😐 足利三十三観音霊場1番札所。真言宗豊山派。御朱印を頂きに参拝しました。平日は授与所は閉まっているので、本堂右手の納経所へ呼び鈴を押すと奥様が…住職様は入れ違いで出掛けてしまい不在。書き置き御朱印を2種類頂きました。各￥300 駐車場は2ヵ所あり、第２駐車場はラインが鮮やかで40台あります。案内があるので迷わず...