The Ashikaga City Bus (http://www.city.ashikaga....) runs 4 times a day each way through Ashikaga on a long route that runs far up the mountain valleys that flank the city. It costs ¥200 each way.
The old downtown of Ashikaga north of the Watarase River is very walkable, while the riverbank itself is very bikeable and walkable. A bicycle trail runs along the levees for the full length of Ashikaga city, sometimes along the north levee, sometimes along the south. The levees were raised and flood control measures were improved after severe flooding in the wake of Typhoon Catherine in 1947.
