Skip to content
Geonivora
Region

Tochigi

Local name: 栃木県

Located in Japan Coordinates: 36°42′00″ N 139°49′00″ E

Tochigi
Jpatokal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
1,943,886
1.9M
Elevation
239 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+09:00
Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
Places inside
23
listed under Tochigi
When to go
May–JuneSeptember–October
See the climate
Airports
IBR Ibaraki Airport79 km
FKS Fukushima Airport80 km

About Tochigi

Tochigi is a region. Location: Japan. Population: 1,943,886.

From Wikipedia

Tochigi Prefecture (栃木県, Tochigi-ken) is an inland prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,897,649 (1 June 2023) and has a geographic area of 6,408 km2 (2,474 sq mi). Tochigi Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the west, Saitama Prefecture to the south, and Ibaraki Prefecture to the southeast.

Read more on Wikipedia Text: Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · shortened

At a glance

Area
6,408 km²
Official website
pref.tochigi.lg.jp

Source: Wikidata

Places bordering Tochigi

Twin towns and sister cities of Tochigi

Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.

Climate of Tochigi

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–June, September–October.

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Tochigi
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°7°10°16°21°23°27°29°24°19°14°9°
Average low (°C)-3°-3°0°6°11°15°19°21°17°10°4°-1°
Precipitation (mm)5062801041211711671851951347450

Other places to visit in this season: May June September October

Airports nearest to Tochigi

  • Ibaraki Airport (IBR) Omitama 79 km
  • Fukushima Airport (FKS) Sukagawa 80 km
  • Narita International Airport (NRT) Narita 115 km

Straight-line distance; airports with scheduled flights only. Source: OurAirports (public domain).

Places in Tochigi

23 places
  1. 1 Utsunomiya Shi 518.9K
  2. 2 Oyama Shi 165.5K
  3. 3 Tochigi Shi 164.5K
  4. 4 Ashikaga Shi 153.8K
  5. 5 Sano Shi 122.9K
  6. 6 Nasu-shiobara Shi 118.9K
  7. 7 Kanuma Shi 101.6K
  8. 8 Nikko-shi 88.4K
  9. 9 Mooka-shi 81.4K
  10. 10 Ōtawara Shi 73.8K
  11. 11 Shimotsuga-gun 64.3K
  12. 12 Shimotsuke-shi 60.3K
  13. 13 Haga-gun 55K
  14. 14 Sakura Shi 44.4K
  15. 15 Shioya-gun 39.5K
  16. 16 Nasu-gun 38.8K
  17. 17 Yaita Shi 34.5K
  18. 18 Kawachi-gun 30.9K
  19. 19 Nasu-karasuyama Shi 28.9K

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Largest cities and towns

Nature and heritage in Tochigi

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources