WHY IT RATES: The festival, which features gorgeously decorated Dashi floats and Ohayashi festival music, has been passed down from the Meiji Period and has been held every-other-autumn in Tochigi ...

Tochigi prefecture, which lies inland, is home to distinctive culinary traditions featuring fish. Leina Bambino visits the Nakagawa River to try its cherished ayu sweetish and then continues on to ...

Nikko City in Tochigi Prefecture is known for the Nikko Toshogu Shrine, a World Heritage Site just around 2 hours by train north of Tokyo. This city boasts an abundance of seasonal spots packed with ...

A beak of a crane called "Gunma prefecture in the form of a horse". An elongated place in Gunma prefecture that stretches to stab. Why such a prefectural border was born. Are you going to attack Tokyo ...

At a council meeting in Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture, on Dec 6, the executive committee discussed an item more commonly associated with Commonwealth nations—promoting the “noble game” of cricket. A ...

Yoon Seong-yeol, who played in the K League and J League and is manager of Tochigi City U13, is drawing attention for producing remarkable results as a coach in Japan. The Tochigi City FC (Tochigi ...

A bear believed to be the one repeatedly spotted across Utsunomiya, the capital of Tochigi Prefecture, since Saturday was captured on Tuesday, according to city officials. The capture marked the first ...

COVID-19 has changed the way people live and work. In Japan, data shows that nearly 40 per cent of people are interested in relocating from the city to rural areas. Popular prefectures include ...