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Kanuma, Tochigi

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Country
  
Japan

- Tree
  
Cryptomeria

Phone number
  
0289-64-2111

Population
  
98,883 (May 2015)

Prefecture
  
Tochigi Prefecture

Region
  
Kantō

- Flower
  
Satsuki azalea

Area
  
490.6 km²

Local time
  
Friday 11:05 AM

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Time zone
  
Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Weather
  
10°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 52% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Furumine Shrine, Shiroyama Park, Kanumashi Nishimorokinrin Park

Kurokawa river sunset kanuma tochigi


Kanuma (鹿沼市, Kanuma-shi) is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of May 2015, the city had an estimated population of 98,883 and a population density of 202 persons per km². Its total area was 490.64 km2 (189.44 sq mi).

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Map of Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Geography

Kanuma is located in central Tochigi Prefecture.

Surrounding municipalities

  • Tochigi Prefecture
  • Utsunomiya
  • Tochigi
  • Sano
  • Nikko
  • Mibu
  • Gunma Prefecture
  • Midori
  • History

    Kanuma was the castle town for a 25,000 koku feudal domain in the early Edo period. Even after the domain was suppressed by the Tokugawa shogunate, the area continued to prosper from its location with a number of post stations on the Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō.

    The modern city was founded on October 10, 1948. On January 1, 2006, the town of Awano (from Kamitsuga District) was merged into Kanuma.

    Education

    Kanuma has 28 primary schools, ten middle schools and five high schools.

    Railway

  • JR East – Nikkō Line
  • Kanuma
  • Tobu Railway – Tobu Nikkō Line
  • Niregi - Momiyama - Shin-Kanuma - Kita-Kanuma - Itaga
  • Highway

  • Tōhoku Expressway – Kanuma IC
  • Japan National Route 121
  • Japan National Route 293
  • Japan National Route 352
  • Noted people

  • Guts Ishimatsu, boxer
  • Hisae Watanabe, mixed martial arts fighter
  • Hisashi Kurosaki, football player
  • Manabu Wakabayashi, football player
  • Sayaka Hirano, table tennis player
  • Takeji Nara, Imperial Japanese Army general
  • Tosio Kato, mathematician
  • Michio Yuzawa, politician and cabinet minister
  • References

    Kanuma, Tochigi Wikipedia