The Nasu area is known for its onsens, local sake, and ski resorts, the villa of the Imperial Family, and the Nasushiobara station of the Shinkansen railway line.

The city of Nikkō, with its ancient Shintō shrines and Buddhist temples, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Kinugawa, Nakagawa, and Watarase River originate in this region, which flow across the Kanto plain before emptying into the Pacific Ocean.

After his death, the Nikko Tōshō-gū shrine was built in Nikkō in 1617 on what the shōguns thought of as holy ground to protect and worship Ieyasu.

In March 2011, following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, levels of radioactivity in Utsunomiya were 33 times higher than normal.

Tochigi is also known for strawberries, Chinese chives, and Japanese pears sold throughout Japan and exported to other countries.

Tochigi is home to many universities and colleges including those for science and technology, literature, medicine, education, and art.

Tour de Tochigi, a cat 2.2 three-day road race of the UCI Asia Tour Nikkō National Park is famous for its UNESCO World Heritage Site which was registered as the 10th World Heritage Site in 1999.

Other attractions include: Traversing the prefecture along the north–south axis and connecting to the rest of the country are the Tōhoku Expressway and the new and old Route 4.

From east to west spans Route 50, connecting southern Tochigi with Ibaraki and Gunma Prefectures.

The Tōhoku Shinkansen and the JR Utsunomiya Line are the main railways running north and south in Tochigi.

Utsunomiya can be reached by rail in as little as 48 minutes, and many parts of Tochigi are within commuting range of central Tokyo.