Tochigi City Hydrangea Festival

Where: Tochigi City
When: June 17- July 3

Obviously this is in Tochigi City. If you are driving you head (from JR Ustunomiya Station) go down the main street from the west side (starbucks side) of the station. When you hit 119/2/Sakura-dori, take a left. It will take you there. If you are going to park in Tochigi city you should park at Ohira-san prefectural park. The cost is 300yen.

I recommend, however, taking the train from Tobu-Utsunomiya station though (3rd floor of the Tobu department store) up the street about 15 minutes from the west side of the JR Utsu station again. If you hop on a train there and ride all the way, it will drop you in Tochigi city.

The city is easy to walk around and all the hydrangeas should be down the main street and up to the main shrine. There will be flowers on either side leading up to the Ohira-san shrine. During the festival there will be musical perfomances including koto and erhu concerts. There is also the winners of a photography contest that will be displayed during that time.

It is a nice town to walk around usually a quiet, pleasant continence and many traditional souvenir goods around.  Be sure to stop in some of the local sweets shops and buy some special ice cream manju if it's warm.

If you decide to go look and see I hope to see you there next weekend!



If you'd like more information about this event, please feel free to contact the Tochigi city Tourism Association at 028-225-2356


Thanks again to the Tochigi International Center for this information.
http://tia21.or.jp