Nasushiobara

Nasushiobara (那須塩原市) is a city in northern Tochigi prefecture, Japan.

Understand

The city was established in 2005 with the merger of the former city Kuroiso and the towns of Nishinasuno and Shiobara.

Tourist information site

The city has a partly multilingual guide site.

Get in

By train

Nasushiobara is on the JR Tohoku Shinkansen line about an hour north of Tokyo. You can make the same journey by local trains in three and a half hours, though it might require a transfer in Utsunomiya.

Eat

• 1 Mori no VoiVoi (森のVoiVoi), ☏ +81 287-74-3194. M W-F 10:00-17:00, Sa Su 08:00-17:00. This pancake house serves western-style pancakes. It also serves waffles and hard-to-find smoked bacon. The building is a sort of imitation log cabin — beams are used instead of logs — which creates a friendly atmosphere. ¥ 900-1,500. 

Go next

The nearby town of Nasu is known for hot springs in the mountains.

• Otawara
• Yaita
• Shioya
• Sakura
• Nikko
• Shirakawa
• Shimogo
• Minamiaizu

Routes through Nasushiobara

Sendai ← Shin-Shirakawa ←	N  S	→ Utsunomiya → Tokyo
Fukushima ← Shirakawa ← Kurodahara ←	N  S	→ Yaita → Utsunomiya
Fukushima ← Shirakawa ← Nasu ←	N  S	→ Yaita → Utsunomiya