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Tochigi City
Tochigi Prefecture · City
Official websiteTochigi Prefecture page
Tochigi City is a "town of storehouses" that prospered in the Edo period from boat transport on the Uzuma River. Its streets of white-walled storehouses are called a "Little Edo." The hydrangeas and cherry blossoms of Mt. Ohira and the Watarase Retarding Basin are also worth seeing.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
Buddhist templeDaichu-ji TempleBuddhist temple in Ōhiramachi Nishiyamada, Japan
Historic townscapeKauemonchoneighborhood in Tochigi, Japan
Buddhist templeMangan-ji TempleBuddhist temple dedicated to Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara in Tochigi, Japan%20torii.JPG?width=240)
Shinto shrineOmiwa ShrineShinto shrine in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Shinto shrineOhirasan ShrineShinto shrine in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
MuseumNew Ginger Museum
Buddhist templeKosho-ji Templetemple in Tochigi city, Tochigi prefecture, Japan
CastleMinagawa Castle
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Mikamoroadside station in Tochigi, Tochigi prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Nishikataroadside station in Tochigi, Tochigi prefecture, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Tochigi Prefecture
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