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Nakagawa Town
Tochigi Prefecture · Town
Official websiteTochigi Prefecture page
Nakagawa Town is a town of clear water known for the ayu (sweetfish) of the Naka River, and it has the Bato Onsen hot spring area. The Nakagawa-machi Bato Hiroshige Museum of Art, designed by Kuma Kengo, holds works by Utagawa Hiroshige.
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
MuseumNakagawa-machi Bato Hiroshige Museum of Artmuseum of Art opened in Nakagawa, Tochigi, Japan in November 2000 and presents rotating exhibitions of Ukiyo-e from Aoki's collection and collect Ukiyo-e of Utagawa Hiroshige
CastleNasu Kanda Castle
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Batoroadside station in Nakagawa, Nasu district, Tochigi prefecture, Japan
Shinto shrineMiwa ShrineShinto shrine in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Burial mound (kofun)Komagata Otsuka Kofun- Buddhist templeBato-inBuddhist temple in Batō, Nakagawa, Nasu district, Tochigi prefecture, Japan
Burial mound (kofun)Nasu Hachimanzuka Kofun
Burial mound (kofun)Yoshida Yuzenjinja Kofun
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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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