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Kugeta, Tochigi
was a town in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. In 1954, it merged with the villages of Monobe and Naganuma to form the town of Ninomiya. It is now a part of the city of Mooka. The Mooka line runs through Kugeta, connecting it to Shimodate, Mooka, Mashiko 270px, Kiln in Mashiko is a town located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 21,841 in 7914 households, and a population density of 240 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Mashiko is known for it ... and Motegi. On weekends and public holidays, a tourist steam train operates on this line. Kugeta lies between the other constituent parts of Ninomiya, to the east and Naganuma to the west. No public transport currently connects the three areas. {{coord missing, Tochigi Prefecture Dissolved municipalities of Tochigi Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tochigi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,943,886 (1 June 2019) 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. Utsunomiya is the capital and largest city of Tochigi Prefecture, with other major cities including Oyama, Tochigi, and Ashikaga. Tochigi Prefecture is one of only eight landlocked prefectures and its mountainous northern region is a popular tourist region in Japan. The Nasu area is known for its onsens, local sake, and ski resorts, the villa of the Imperial Family, and the station of the Shinkansen railway line. The city of Nikkō, with its ancient Shintō shrines and Buddhist temples, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Prefectural overview Situated among the inland prefectures of the northern part of the Kantō region, Tochig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monobe, Tochigi
Monobe () is the part of Ninomiya, Tochigi which lies to farthest to the East. It is surrounded by mountains to the East and rice fields and strawberry farms to the West. There is a museum dedicated to the eighteenth-century hero Ninomiya Sontoku , also known as Ninomiya Kinjirō (二宮 金次郎), was a Japanese agriculturalist. He lost his parents when he was a boy, but through hard work and diligence, he rebuilt his fallen family at the age of 20. Later, he rebuilt approximately 600 v ... in Monobe. Geography of Tochigi Prefecture {{Tochigi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naganuma, Tochigi
Naganuma (長沼) is at the westernmost part of Ninomiya, Tochigi Prefecture. The area is largely rural - rice and strawberry farming is the largest industry. The Kinugawa River marks the boundary of Naganuma (and so too, Ninomiya, Tochigi was a town located in Haga District, lying in the extreme south-east of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2006, the town had an estimated population of 16,765 and a density of 300.52 persons per km2. The total area is 55.45 km2, spanning 14&nbs ... and Haga District, Tochigi). Geography of Tochigi Prefecture {{Tochigi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninomiya, Tochigi
was a town located in Haga District, lying in the extreme south-east of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2006, the town had an estimated population of 16,765 and a density of 300.52 persons per km2. The total area is 55.45 km2, spanning 14 km east–west and 9 km north–south at its widest points. On March 23, 2009, Ninomiya was merged into the expanded city of Mo'oka. Ninomiya commonly means "the second shrine" of the province, but this town is named after an 18th-century hero, Ninomiya Sontoku. There is a museum dedicated to the town's namesake in the area of Ninomiya known as Monobe. The town of Ninomiya was formed in 1955 when the town of Kugeta (久下田) and the two villages of Monobe (物部) and Naganuma (長沼) merged to form a single administrative area. The train station (serving the Mooka Line) still bears the name of Kugeta. A popular tourist attraction is the local steam train which stops at Kugeta on its route to and from Shimodate (下� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mooka, Tochigi
270px, Moka Station is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 78,720 in 30203 households, and a population density of 476 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Moka is known for the Mooka Railway, which operates steam locomotives. The train line stretches from Shimodate, Ibaraki Prefecture to Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture. The town produces 7,000 tons of strawberries annually. The name of the city is given as "Moka City" per the city's official website; however, the local train station is "Mōka Station", and the direct transliteration of the city name into Hepburn romanization is "Mooka". Geography Mooka is located in southeast Tochigi Prefecture. It is located approximately 100 kilometer from Tokyo metropolis and 15 kilometers from the prefectural capital of Utsunomiya Surrounding municipalities Tochigi Prefecture * Utsunomiya * Oyama * Shimotsuke * Haga * Ichikai * Mashiko * Kaminokawa Ibaraki Prefecture * Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mooka Railway Mooka Line
The is a Japanese railway line connecting Shimodate Station, in Chikusei, Ibaraki and Motegi Station in Motegi, Tochigi. It is the only railway line operated by the . The third sector company took over the former JR East line in 1988. In addition to regular diesel local trains, the line also operates the ''SL Mooka'' steam service for tourists using C11 and C12 class steam locomotives. History * 1 April 1912: 16.5 km line opens between Shimodate and Mooka. * 15 December 1920: Entire line opened to Motegi (route length of 42.0 km). The proposed extension to Nagakura was not constructed. * 2 September 1922: Line renamed Mooka Line. * 1 November 1982: Freight services discontinued. * 11 September 1984: Line closure approved. * 11 April 1988: JR line closes and becomes Mooka Railway Mooka Line. Route length is reduced to 41.9 km. * 27 March 1994: ''SL Mooka'' steam train operation starts. * 30 July 2020: JNR Class C11 steam locomotive #325 moved to Tobu Railway. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mashiko
270px, Kiln in Mashiko is a town located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 21,841 in 7914 households, and a population density of 240 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Mashiko is known for its pottery, called . Geography Mashiko is located in the far southeast corner of Tochigi Prefecture. Surrounding municipalities Tochigi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,943,886 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,408 Square kilometre, km2 (2,474 Square mile, sq mi). Tochigi ... * Mooka, Tochigi, Mooka * Ichikai, Tochigi, Ichikai * Motegi, Tochigi, Motegi Ibaraki Prefecture * Sakuragawa, Ibaraki, Sakuragawa Climate Mashiko has a Humid continental climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cold winters with little snowfall. The average annual temperature in Mashiko is 13.5 °C. The average annual r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motegi, Tochigi
is a town located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 11,777 in 4503 households, and a population density of 68 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Motegi is located on the far eastern border of Tochigi Prefecture. Surrounding municipalities Tochigi Prefecture * Nasukarasuyama * Mashiko * Ichikai Ibaraki Prefecture * Hitachiōmiya * Kasama * Sakuragawa * Shirosato Climate Motegi has a Humid continental climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Motegi is 13.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1410 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.0 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Motegi peaked in the 1950s and has declined steadily over the past 70 years. It is now less than half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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