15 Facts About Utsunomiya

Utsunomiya is the prefectural capital city of Tochigi Prefecture in the northern Kanto region of Japan.

The nearby city of Oyama is included in Greater Tokyo, but Greater Utsunomiya is not, despite the two areas amalgamating somewhat.

Utsunomiya is located in south-central Tochigi Prefecture in the northern Kanto plains.

Utsunomiya has a humid subtropical climate with hot and humid summers and cool winters.

Per Japanese census data, the population of Utsunomiya has recently plateaued after decades of strong growth.

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Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that the area of Utsunomiya has been continuously settled since the Japanese Paleolithic period onwards, and numerous burial mounds from the Kofun period are found within its borders.

The town of Utsunomiya developed around this shrine, and the area was under the control of the Utsunomiya clan, an offshoot of the Fujiwara clan from the Heian through Sengoku periods, and was destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Utsunomiya became an important garrison for the Imperial Japanese Army.

In 1996, Utsunomiya was designated a core city within increased autonomy.

On March 31,2007, Utsunomiya absorbed the towns of Kamikawachi and Kawachi, pushing the population of Utsunomiya City over 500,000.

Utsunomiya is the commercial and industrial center of Tochigi Prefecture.

Utsunomiya is home to a Canon optical manufacturing plant, a Japan Tobacco plant, Honda design centers, and various other industrial concerns in the Kiyohara Industrial Park.

Utsunomiya is served by the high-speed Tohoku Shinkansen line from Tokyo, as well as a number of suburban lines operated by East Japan Railway Company and the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

Utsunomiya gyoza is famous country-wide, so it attracts many tourists, as well as brings in a significant amount of revenue into the city.

Utsunomiya is allegedly the highest consumer city of gyoza in Japan.