Utsunomiya, Tochigi
Utsunomiya (Japanese宇 都 宫 市, -shi) is a city and administrative headquarters of the Japanese Tochigi Prefecture.
The origin of the name is uncertain, but probably comes from ichi -no- miya, which indicates the highest Shinto shrine of a province, where the precursor province of Tochigi, Shimotsuke, and refers to the Futaarayama shrine in the city center.
Geography
It is located about 100 km north of Tokyo. Since Utsunomiya is increasingly becoming a place of residence for working in Tokyo daily commuters, the population is growing steadily.
Economy
In Utsunomiya, there is also a Canon optics factory, a Japan Tobacco Factory, Honda design centers, and various other industrial concerns in the Kiyohara Industrial Park. There are also near the city center of one of the largest malls in the Nordkanto region.
Utsunomiya is in Japan until today known as a manufacturer of gyoza ( meat pies ).
Traffic
- Road Tōhoku Expressway
- Kitakanto highway
- National Road 4 to Tokyo or Aomori
- National road 119,121,123,293,408
- JR Tohoku Shinkansen, Utsunomiya Station by Tōkyō or Hachinohe
- JR Utsunomiya Line ( Tōhoku Main Line ) to Tōkyō or Aomori
- JR Nikko Line to Nikko
- Tōbu Utsunomiya Line
Universities and Colleges
- Utsunomiya University
Twin Cities
Friendship cities
- China People's Republic of Qiqihar, China, since 1984
- France Orléans, France, since 1989
- United States Tulsa, United States, since 1992
Sons and daughters of the town
- Kozue Ando ( b. 1982 ), football player
- Minori Chihara ( born 1980 ), voice actress and singer
- Yukio Edano (* 1964), politician
- Koiso Kuniaki (1880-1950), 28th Prime Minister of Japan
- Aya Sameshima (* 1987), football player
- Wahei Tatematsu (1947-2010), writer
- Sadao Watanabe ( born 1933), jazz saxophonist
- Tetsuro Yano (* 1946), politician
- Naoki Yamamoto (* 1988), race car driver
Sports
- Tochigi SC ( football club )
Adjacent Cities and Towns
- Nikko
- Kanuma
- Mooka
- Shimotsuke