Tochigi栃木県

Tochigi-ken·とちぎけん·県 (ken), prefecture

Landlocked, containing Nikkō and its shrines. Utsunomiya is known nationally for gyōza.

Facts

Japanese name: 栃木県
Reading: Tochigi-ken / とちぎけん
Region: Kantō 関東
Capital: Utsunomiya 宇都宮市
Population: 1,933,146 (2020 census)
Area: 6,408 km²
Density: 302 people per km²
Municipalities: 25 — 14 cities, 11 towns, and 0 villages
Designated cities: None
Districts (郡): 5
Codes: JIS 09·ISO 3166-2 JP-09

How an address here begins

栃木県宇都宮市…

Tochigi-ken, Utsunomiya-shi, …

The prefecture comes first, then the municipality. The guide explains the rest of the address, and the map reads any address you paste into it.

Neighbouring prefectures

Every municipality in Tochigi市区町村

25 local governments, each with its own mayor and assembly. Every one links to its boundary on the map.

Cities市

Districts, with their towns and villages郡 · 町 · 村

A district is a name that groups towns and villages in an address. It has no office and no election. The towns and villages are governments.

Kawachi District河内郡district, not a government
- Kaminokawa Town上三川町
Haga District芳賀郡district, not a government
Shimotsuga District下都賀郡district, not a government
- Mibu Town壬生町
- Nogi Town野木町
Shioya District塩谷郡district, not a government
- Shioya Town塩谷町
- Takanezawa Town高根沢町
Nasu District那須郡district, not a government
- Nasu Town那須町
- Nakagawa Town那珂川町

Boundaries: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Municipality counts are from the boundary data on the map.