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Places near Sano by type
All 196 places by distance →One day from Sano
5 stops, one loop, back by 3:02 pm
101 km on the road, in driving order so you don’t double back. Times assume an 8 am start and typical visit lengths.
- Leave Sano
- Banna-ji TempleBuddhist site · 1 hrs
- 大天白神社temple · 45 min
- 永明寺temple · 45 min
- 八坂神社temple · 45 min
- Tochigi Kuranomachi Museum of Artmuseum · 1.5 hrs
- Back in Sano
Questions people ask
What are the best places to visit near Sano?
Hoshi-no-Miya Shrine (Sano, Tochigi) (temple, about 1 km), Ashikaga Gakkō (attraction, about 15 km), Banna-ji Temple (Buddhist site, about 15 km), 永明寺 (temple, about 16 km), 長光寺 (Buddhist site, about 19 km), 蓮台寺 (Buddhist site, about 19 km).
How many tourist places are there within 50 km of Sano?
111 places on Spotwander: 44 temples, 46 buddhist sites, 7 parks, 3 museums, 4 wildlife, forests & gardens.
Which is the nearest temple to Sano?
Hoshi-no-Miya Shrine (Sano, Tochigi), about 1 km by road; 永明寺 (16 km) is next.
Which is the nearest Buddhist site to Sano?
Banna-ji Temple, about 15 km by road; 長光寺 (19 km) is next.
What is a good one-day trip from Sano?
Start in Sano, visit Banna-ji Temple, then 大天白神社, then 永明寺, then 八坂神社, then Tochigi Kuranomachi Museum of Art, and drive back — about 101 km by road in all.






















