Mount Ōhira Hydrangea Steps (太平山あじさい坂) 太平山あじさい坂
A thousand steps lined with 2,500 hydrangeas, planted in 1974 by a local Lions Club.
Mount Ōhira, just over 340 metres high, has for centuries been home to a Shinto shrine traditionally reached on foot by this staircase; it is also the starting point for a short scenic hike overlooking the Tochigi plain. Out of season it remains a simple stone path in the woods, used for the hike more than for the flowers.
Tochigi
Kokugakuin, 平井公民館前