Tourist attractions

The Kusatsu Tourist Guide

LANDMARK

HISTORICAL LANDMARK

Ochinoi dohyo

The interaction of New Tokai-do and Nakayama-do

Isasa Shrine

The main shrine is determined as a National important cultural property.

Yokomachi dohyo

A stone-made guide indicating Tokyo at Kusatsu-juku.

Oiwake Douhyo

The interaction of New Tokai-do and Nakayama-do

Hutaba-kan Uotorarou main-building

Yoshikawa Houju-en

House-like building which resembles the historical view of Kusatsu-juku

Yabaseko-ato

Yabaseko-ato

Kiyomune-zuka

The grave of Kiyomune which was caught by Yoshitsune Minamoto

Noji no Tamagawa

A place that is told that a water shaped like a ball gushed from the ground.

Bokewara-ruins

Iron manufacture ruins which lasted from 7th century to 8th century.

Yagura Dohyo

A guide which used to lead travelers to Yabashi

Asobime Umegawa no Haka

The original model of “Meido no Hikyaku” by Monzaemon Chikamatsu.

Kusatsu-juku Highway Memorial Hall

Can discover Kusatsu, where culture and information interacted in the past.

Nationally Designed Historic Site Kusatsu-Juku Head-Quarter

After the significant fix in Heisei, Kusatsu-Juku came back to life in modern days.

TEMPLE

Sandai Shrine

A shrine famous for a huge wisteria called “Sunazuri no Fuji”

Tachigi Shrine

An old shrine which has more then 1200 years of history.

Oshioi Shrine

Told that couples will be united and destined when wishing to a special tree.

Muchizaki Hachimangu

Yoritomo Minamoto visited with a whip while riding a horse.

Kamigasa Tenmangu

Hold a festival in summer and fall, with traditional dances.

Oisugi Shrine

Renkaiji

Wooden Jizo Bosatsu made in Kamakura Era.

Nationally Designed Historic Site Ashiura Kannonji

Many historical objects inside the temple.