Tochigi, Tochigi

Tochigi (栃木市) is a Japanese city in Tochigi Prefecture.

History
In the Edo period. Tochigi was a significant city.

In the early Meiji period, the city of Tochigi was the Prefectural capital of the old Tochigi Prefecture. After the old Utsunomiya Prefecture and Tochigi Prefecture merged, Tochigi City was briefly the prefectural capital. The capital was moved to Utsunomiya soon after.

Other websites

 * Tochigi City website;