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Utsunomiya
Prefecture capital and Core city in Kantō, Japan

Utsunomiya

Utsunomiya is the capital and largest city of Tochigi Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan.

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As of 1 July 2023, the city had an estimated population of 513,584, and a population density of 1,232 persons per square kilometre (3,190/sq mi). The total area of the city is 416.85 km2 (160.95 sq mi). Utsunomiya is famous for its gyoza. There are more than two hundred gyoza restaurants in Utsunomiya.

Get in

Getting to Utsunomiya

From Narita Airport, the fastest and most expensive way to reach Utsunomiya is to take the Narita Express train to Tokyo Station and transfer to the Tohoku Shinkansen Yamabiko, Nasuno or Tsubasa service (2 hr 15 min, ¥7800). From Haneda Airport, take the Keikyu Line train to Shinagawa, then the Yamanote or Keihin-Tohoku line train to Tokyo Station. From there, take the Tohoku Shinkansen (about 1 hr 45 min, ¥5200).

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Utsunomiya Museum of Art
  2. 02
    Utsunomiya Fairy Museum
  3. 03
    Tobiyama Castle Park
  4. 04
    Futaarayama Shrine
  5. 05
    Hachimanyama Park
  6. 06
    Utsunomiya Castle
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Mobility Resort Motegi
Eat

Where to eat

Utsunomiya is most famous for its gyōza (餃子) dumplings, available sauteed, deep-fried, boiled, and/or steamed with all sorts of stuffings all around the city. You can find gyoza just about anywhere, but here are some key areas. PASEO (パセオ) (next to the JR station). Utsunomiya Station Stores, level one. Look next to the grocery store for long queues. Orion Dori, various.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Ocdp (CC0), Wikimedia Commons.