Tochigi Prefecture
prefecture in Kanto region, Japan
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Summary
Tochigi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan[1]. It draws 7,075 Wikipedia views per month (prefecture of japan category, ranking #26 of 49).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Japan[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Head of government: Tomikazu Fukuda[5]
- Capital: Utsunomiya[6]
- Shares border with: Ibaraki Prefecture[7], Saitama Prefecture[8], Gunma Prefecture[9], Fukushima Prefecture[10]
- Anthem: Kenmin no Uta[11]
- Named after: Tochigi[12]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Utsunomiya[13], Ashikaga[14], Tochigi[15], Sano[16], Kanuma[17], Nikkō-shi[18], Oyama[19], Mooka[20], Ōtawara-shi[21], Yaita[22], Nasushiobara[23], Sakura[24], Nasukarasuyama[25], Shimotsuke[26]
- Flag: flag of Tochigi prefecture[27]
- Twinned administrative body: Indiana[28], Vaucluse[29], Zhejiang[30]
- Legislative body: Tochigi Prefectural Assembly[31]
- Executive body: Tochigi prefectural government[32]
- Commons category: Tochigi prefecture[33]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[34], Japan Standard Time[35]
- Highest point: Mount Nikkō-Shirane[36]
- Coordinate location: 36.565555555555555, 139.88352777777777[37]
- Mascot: Tochimarukun[38]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: June 15[39]
- Official website: https://www.pref.tochigi.lg.jp/[40]
- Foods traditionally associated: shimotsukare[41]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tochigi Prefecture[42]
- Commons gallery: Tochigi prefecture[43]
- Population: 1,927,754[44]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portail:Préfecture de Tochigi[45]
- Office held by head of government: governor of Tochigi Prefecture[46]
Why It Matters
Tochigi Prefecture has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]