TochigiMuseumsShimotsuke
Shimotsuke Yakushiji Ruins
One of only three national ordination platforms in ancient Japan, and the only one in the east.
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TochigiMuseums
TochigiArchitectureNogi
Nogi Brick Kiln
A sixteen-sided Hoffmann kiln for continuous brick firing - one of only four left in Japan.
TochigiArt & CraftsMoka
Mooka Cotton
In Edo, cotton meant Mooka; the trade died out and was revived from hand-spinning up.
TochigiArt & CraftsSano
Tenmyo Ironware
A thousand years of casting; tea masters ranked its kettles second only to Ashiya in the west.
TochigiArt & CraftsNasukarasuyama
Karasuyama Washi
Thick Hodomura paper, used for mounting scrolls and formal certificates.
TochigiMuseumsMibu
Mibu Toy Museum
In a town of toy factories, collecting mass-produced Showa toys as design objects.
TochigiContemporary ArtAshikaga
Wisteria of Ashikaga
A wisteria trained over 1,000 square metres - a living structure made possible by transplanting the old tree.
TochigiContemporary ArtUtsunomiya
Oya Underground Space and Art
The quarry void is now used for exhibitions and performance, the space itself part of the work.
TochigiContemporary ArtNikko
Nikko Cedar Avenue
Twelve thousand cedars planted over two decades, roofing 37 km of highway - the world's longest tree avenue.
TochigiArchitectureUtsunomiya
Matsugamine Catholic Church
A Romanesque church built of Oya stone, among the largest surviving Oya-stone buildings and a Registered Tangible Cultural Property.
TochigiArt & CraftsNasu
Craft Studios of Nasu
Not a craft district but a scattering of individual studios, built up by artists who moved here.
TochigiArt & CraftsMashiko
Mashiko Pottery Fair
Five hundred stalls twice a year, the model on which Japan's other pottery fairs were built.
TochigiContemporary ArtUtsunomiya
Utsunomiya Civic Gallery
A civic gallery that keeps the base of the local art scene in constant exhibition.
Sano
Bell Casting of Sano
Casters here supplied temple bells across Japan; the inscriptions let their lineage be traced.
TochigiArchitectureNikko
Nikko Temple Town
A pilgrimage town whose inns and shopfronts layer centuries of visitors.
TochigiArchitectureTochigi
Uzuma River and Black Fences
Black fences run the length of the river - a logistics structure that became the town's face.
TochigiArchitectureMoka
Moka Railway Steam Locomotive
A station built in the shape of a steam locomotive - machinery translated into architecture.
GunmaArt & CraftsTakasaki
The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
Arata Isozaki built it from pure cubic grids - a museum that asks in form what a museum is.
GunmaArt & CraftsTatebayashi
Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi
Themed on nature and humanity, and holding one of the world's major collections of Francois Pompon's animals.
GunmaArt & CraftsTakasaki
Takasaki City Art Museum
In its grounds stands a copy of Antonin Raymond's own house - a key example of Japanese modernist domestic architecture.
GunmaArchitectureTomioka
Tomioka Silk Mill
A state silk mill of timber frames filled with brick; its 140-metre column-free reeling hall is a National Treasure.
GunmaMuseumsTakasaki
Gunma Prefectural Museum of History
Gunma has among Japan's densest burial mounds; the Watanuki Kannonyama grave goods are a National Treasure.
GunmaArt & CraftsMaebashi
Arts Maebashi
A closed department store turned civic art museum, working out into the streets as part of city renewal.
GunmaArchitectureMaebashi
Shiroiya Hotel
Sou Fujimoto gutted a 300-year-old inn into a vertical void, with contemporary artworks built into the fabric.
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