Tochigi Prefecture
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| Tochigi Prefecture | |||||||||
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| Capital | Utsunomiya | ||||||||
| Region | Kantō | ||||||||
| Island | Honshū | ||||||||
| Governor | Tomikazu Fukuda | ||||||||
| Area (rank) | 6,408.28 km² (20th) | ||||||||
| - % water | 0.2% | ||||||||
| Population (January 1, 2003) | |||||||||
| - Population | 2,011,313 (20th) | ||||||||
| - Density | 314 /km² | ||||||||
| Districts | 6 | ||||||||
| Municipalities | 31 | ||||||||
| ISO 3166-2 | JP-09 | ||||||||
| Website | English web site | ||||||||
| Prefectural Symbols | |||||||||
| - Flower | Yashio tsutsuji (Rhododendron albrechtii) |
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| - Tree | Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata) |
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| - Bird | Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) |
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| - Fish | |||||||||
| Symbol of Tochigi Prefecture Symbol of Tochigi Prefecture |
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Tochigi Prefecture (栃木県 Tochigi-ken?) is a prefecture in the Kantō region on the island of Honshū, Japan. The capital city is Utsunomiya.
Tochigi is the largest prefecture is the Kantō region. It has no access to the sea, has mountains higher than 2,000 m.
Key industry is machine, chemical industry, farming and tourism industry.
Tochigi has nature and old cities like Nikko, and popular for sightseeing.
In Nasu, there is a zoo which has alpacas.
Tochigi is famous for strawberries and dried gourd shavings (Kanpyou).
The amount of production of dried gourd shavings in Tochigi is the largest in Japan.
Nikko has a world heritage site. It is called Nikko Toshogu.
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