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Where to stay in Tochigi Prefecture
This guide covers 13 destinations in Tochigi Prefecture, a first-level administrative division of Japan, with 46 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Utsunomiya, Oyama and Tochigi. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Ibaraki Airport (IBR).
- Destinations in this guide
- 13
- Places to stay
- 46
- Main airport
- IBRIbaraki Airport
- Currency
- JPYyen
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Destinations
Destinations in Tochigi Prefecture
Every destination in this guide in Tochigi Prefecture, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikkō | 77,027 | 24 | FKS · 86 km |
| Utsunomiya | 518,197 | 7 | IBR · 63 km |
| Nasushiobara | 115,602 | 7 | FKS · 45 km |
| Oyama | 167,874 | 2 | IBR · 57 km |
| Ōtawara | 72,923 | 2 | FKS · 54 km |
| Ashikaga | 142,882 | 1 | IBR · 88 km |
| Sano | 114,842 | 1 | IBR · 76 km |
| Mooka | 78,665 | 1 | IBR · 46 km |
| Mibu | 39,151 | 1 | IBR · 61 km |
| Tochigi | 153,508 | IBR · 65 km | |
| Kanuma | 94,591 | IBR · 74 km | |
| Shimotsuga district | 64,272 | IBR · 71 km | |
| Shimotsuke | 59,404 | IBR · 56 km |
Where to stay
Places to stay in Tochigi Prefecture
8 places to stay in Tochigi Prefecture from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
Where to stay
More hotels in Tochigi Prefecture
38 hotels in Tochigi Prefecture recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Nikkō Kanaya Hotel | Nikkō | 1873 |
| Art Biotop Nasu | Nasushiobara | |
| Asaya Hotel | Nikkō | 1888 |
| Chuzenji Kanaya Hotel | Nikkō | 1965 |
| Kinugawa Onsen Hotel | Nikkō | 1931 |
| Hotel Higashinihon Utsunomiya | Utsunomiya | 1993 |
| Kinugawa Kanaya Hotel | Nikkō | 1873 |
| Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Nikko Kirifuri | Nikkō | 2007 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Nikko | Nikkō | 2020 |
| Akari no Yado Villa Revage | Nikkō | |
| Candeo Hotels Sano | Sano | |
| Chisun Inn Utsunomiya Kanuma | Utsunomiya | |
| Fufu Nikko | Nikkō | |
| Hatago Nagomi | Nikkō | |
| Hoshino Resorts KAI Kinugawa | Nikkō | |
| Hotel Epinard Nasu | Nasushiobara | |
| Hotel Famitec Nikko Station | Nikkō | |
| Hotel Hana-An | Nikkō | |
| Hotel Harvest Kinugawa | Nikkō | |
| Hotel New Shiobara Tochigi | Nasushiobara | |
| Hotel Route-Inn Mooka | Mooka | |
| Hotel Shikisai | Nikkō | |
| Itamuro Onsen Daikokuya | Nasushiobara | |
| Kinugawa Grand Hotel Yume No Toki | Nikkō | |
| Kinugawa Onsen Nikko Kinugawa Hotel Mikazuki | Nikkō | |
| Kinugawa Onsen Sanraku | Nikkō | |
| Kozuchi no Yado Tsurukame Daikichi | Nikkō | |
| Nikko Hoshinoyado | Nikkō | |
| Nikko Senhime Monogatari | Nikkō | |
| Okunoin Hotel Tokugawa | Nikkō |
When to go
Best time to visit Tochigi Prefecture
From the climate of 13 destinations in Tochigi Prefecture with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 13 | 9 °C | 35 mm |
| February | 0 of 13 | 10 °C | 41 mm |
| March | 0 of 13 | 14 °C | 79 mm |
| April | 0 of 13 | 19 °C | 101 mm |
| May | 0 of 13 | 23 °C | 122 mm |
| June | 0 of 13 | 26 °C | 168 mm |
| July | 0 of 13 | 30 °C | 167 mm |
| August | 0 of 13 | 31 °C | 158 mm |
| September | 0 of 13 | 27 °C | 201 mm |
| October | 0 of 13 | 21 °C | 147 mm |
| November | 0 of 13 | 16 °C | 67 mm |
| December | 0 of 13 | 11 °C | 38 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Tochigi Prefecture
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Tochigi Prefecture name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
IBR · Ibaraki Airport
FKS · Fukushima Airport
NRT · Narita International Airport
HND · Tokyo Haneda International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Tochigi Prefecture, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Japan
Nearby
Regions near Tochigi Prefecture
Other regions of Japan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.