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Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Kantō
- Prefecture
- Tochigi
- First official recorded
- 40 BC
- City settled
- April 1, 1937
- Mayor
- Masao Kotoyori (琴寄晶男) - from April 2026
- Total
- 331.50 km (127.99 sq mi)
- Density
- 458.05/km (1,186.3/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( Japan Standard Time )
- Tree
- Japanese stuartia
- Flower
- Japanese azalea
- Phone number
- 0282-21-2224
- Address
- 7-26 Irifune, Tochigi-shi, Tochigi-ken 328-8686
- Website
- city.tochigi.lg.jp
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Tochigi city hall Traditional kura (storehouses) in Tochigi
Tochigi (栃木市, Tochigi-shi) is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of 1 June 2023, the city had an estimated population of 151,842 in 66,018 households, and a population density of 458 persons per km. The total area of the city is 331.50 square kilometres (127.99 sq mi). Because the city escaped war damage during World War II, many historical temples, traditional shops and kura (Japanese traditional storehouses) remain in the city center. The city was awarded the "Utsukushii-machinami Taisho" prize from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in 2009.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tochigi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.