Dog Friendly Nasu

Nasu is a highland resort area in Tochigi Prefecture, a couple of hours north of Tokyo at the foot of the Nasu mountains and best known for its hot springs. It is a place of farms, forests, cool summers and country roads, with a long tradition of welcoming dogs that shows in its cafes, its farm parks and its hotels. Most visitors come by car or by bullet train to Nasushiobara and settle in for a slow few days. It is the countryside Tokyo goes to with its dogs.