Tochigi Onsen Central

Tochigi Onsen Central serves the city that gives Tochigi Prefecture its name, a compact canal city nicknamed the Little Edo of the North whose kurazukuri clay-walled storehouses line the Uzuma River canal in a beautifully preserved merchant townscape rivaling the more famous Kawagoe for atmosphere and historical integrity. The Uzuma River, dammed into a gentle millpond at the heart of the city, reflects the white-walled storehouses and the green of weeping willows in a scene so painterly that it appears on Tochigi's promotional materials as the definitive image of this quietly exceptional city. The onsen's mineral-rich waters provide warm restoration in a city whose gentle canals and preserved merchant culture create one of the Kanto region's most rewarding and least-crowded historical townscape experiences.