Tochigi, Tochigi

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Location of Tochigi in Tochigi Prefecture

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 is Utsunomiya.

As of 2003, the city has an estimated population 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 and Tobu 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, and Spider-Man 2 were screened at historical venues, which included an old miso factory and traditional merchant warehouses.