Nasu highland那須高原alternative words: Nasu kogen, Nasu kougen, Nasu-kogen, Nasu-kougen, Nasukogen, Nasukougen, Nasu keywords: hot spring , mountain , tourist resort related topics: Tochigi prefecture , Fukushima prefecture , Nikko related web sites: http://www.n-create.gr.jp/o/otanko.html , http://www2a.biglobe.ne.jp/~nasu/ explanation: Located in the north of Tochigi prefecture near the frontier with Fukushima prefecture, Nasu highland spreads on a south-east slope of Nasu volacano (1918 m). Hot spring of Nasu has been well known since old times, but it began to develop as a tourist resort when an imperial villa was opened there. Recently this place is attracting media attention because the central government has chosen it as one of the candidates for a new Japanese capital. Its higher part belongs to Nikko national park. | |