Ōtawara is home to several historical and cultural assets:
Kasaishi Shrine (笠石神社) dating to the 690s AD has one of the oldest surviving example of writing in Japan
Shino Kura Hall is a thatched roof style building dating to approximately the late 1850s or early 1860s, the end of the Edo period.
The Hall displays old equipment and other artifacts dating to that time period such as large carts, a foot threshing machine, a packsaddle, and a milk machine.
 The Hall also serves handmade soba noodles using home-grown buckwheat.

Unganji (雲巌寺), a Buddhist temple in the east side of Ōtawara, is a location where Matsuo Bashō stopped during the journey recorded in The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Oku no Hosomichi).
A stone engraved with a haiku he wrote inspired by what he saw there is displayed.

site of Ōtawara Castle
site of Kurobane Castle
Nasunogahara Harmony Hall
Ōtawara Onsen
Kurobane Onsen
Ōtawara is home to several historical and cultural assets:
Kasaishi Shrine (笠石神社) dating to the 690s AD has one of the oldest surviving example of writing in Japan
Shino Kura Hall is a thatched roof style building dating to approximately the late 1850s or early 1860s, the end of the Edo period. The Hall displays old equipment and other artifacts dating to that time period such as large carts, a foot threshing machine, a packsaddle, and a milk machine.  The Hall also serves handmade soba noodles using home-grown buckwheat.
Unganji (雲巌寺), a Buddhist temple in the east side of Ōtawara, is a location where Matsuo Bashō stopped during the journey recorded in The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Oku no Hosomichi). A stone engraved with a haiku he wrote inspired by what he saw there is displayed.
site of Ōtawara Castle
site of Kurobane Castle
Nasunogahara Harmony Hall
Ōtawara Onsen
Kurobane Onsen
Ōtawara