Koga (Ibaraki)

Koga (Japanese古河 市, -shi) is a city in Ibaraki prefecture in Japan.

History

Koga is an old castle town, which was founded in the 13th century by Shimokōbe Yukiyoshi. After that, it took advantage of the Uesugi and Oyama ( 1382 ). 1554 took over Hōjō Ujiyasu the castle. In the Tokugawa period, the castle belonged successively to the Ogasawara, Nagai, Doi, Hotta, Matsudaira, Okochi, Honda, Matsui and then from 1762 to 1868 again Doi (土井) with an income of 80,000 koku.

Koga was appointed on August 1, 1950 to shi ( independent city ).

Traffic

  • Street: National Road 4, by Tōkyō or Aomori
  • National Road 125, according to Kumagaya or Oyama
  • JR Tohoku Line to Tōkyō or Aomori

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Oyama
  • Yūki
  • Bandō
  • Yachiyo
  • Kurihashi
Cities of Japan Uesugi clan Aomori, Aomori Kumagaya, Saitama Oyama, Tochigi Chikusei, Ibaraki Hitachi (Ibaraki) Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Hokota, Ibaraki Inashiki, Ibaraki Ishioka, Ibaraki Itako (Ibaraki) Kamisu, Ibaraki Kasama (Ibaraki) Kashima (Ibaraki) Kasumigaura (Ibaraki) Moriya, Ibaraki Naka, Ibaraki Namegata, Ibaraki Omitama, Ibaraki Sakuragawa, Ibaraki Shimotsuma, Ibaraki Takahagi, Ibaraki Toride, Ibaraki Tsuchiura Tsukuba (Ibaraki) Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Ushiku, Ibaraki
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