- Tochigi, Tochigi
nihongo|Tochigi|栃木市|Tochigi-shi is a city located in
Tochigi Prefecture ,Japan . Despite its name, it is not the capital of Tochigi Prefecture; the capital isUtsunomiya .As of
2003 , the city has an estimatedpopulation of 82,939 and the density of 679.49 persons per km². The total area is 122.06 km².The city was founded on
April 1 ,1937 .Tochigi is located on the
Ryomo Line andTobu Nikkō Line (Tochigi Station ).Tochigi hosted its first film festival, the Kuranomachikado, or, Eizo Film Festival from Oct. 5-8, 2007. Tochigi City, being one of the few cities left intact during WWII, still carries a feeling of the past. As Tochigi doesn't have its own cinema, the film festival is an impressive and curious undertaking for the city. Films such as
An Inconvenient Truth ,Tokyo Story , andSpider-Man 2 were screened at historical venues, which included an old miso factory and traditional merchant warehouses.External links
* [http://www.city.tochigi.tochigi.jp/ Tochigi official website] in Japanese
* [http://www.city.tochigi.tochigi.jp/hp/menu000001000/hpg000000364.htm Same site] in English
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