Ashikaga
Ashikaga, a city in Tochigi Prefecture on Japan's Honshu island, is home to the Ashikaga Gakko — a school that the 16th-century Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier called the "great university of the Bandō region" and that Luis Frois described as the only university in Japan at the time. The city also traces its history as the birthplace of the Ashikaga clan, descendants of the Seiwa Genji line, and sits close to mountains with a walkable centre of cafés and restaurants.
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- Population144,746
- Nearest water from center 0.2 km0.1 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 9.0 km5.6 mi
Nearest airports
Ashikaga: quick answers
Where is Ashikaga?
Ashikaga is in Ashikaga City, Japan, about 55 km34 miles in a straight line from Saitama.
How do you get to Ashikaga?
The nearest airport is Omitama (IBR), about 1 hr 40 min away by road. The nearest train station is 佐野市, about 24 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Ashikaga?
The warmest month is August, averaging 26°C78°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 2°C36°F. The wettest month is September, with about 212 mm8.4 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Ashikaga?
OpenStreetMap lists 2 museums, 16 restaurants, 4 cafés and 17 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.
What's near Ashikaga?
Other Wandering Well picks within 60 km include Kawagoe, Koga and Tsurugashima. Ashikaga is listed among the day trips from Tokyo.