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18 unusual facts about Tochigi


1999 Firestone Firehawk 500K

The 1999 Firestone Firehawk 500K was the second round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on April 9, 1999 on the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan.

1999 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship

The Division I tournament took place between 10 and 13 February 2000 in Nikkō, Japan and the Division II tournament took place between 20 and 25 March 1999 in Pyongyang, North Korea.

2002 Bridgestone Potenza 500

The 2002 Bridgestone Potenza 500 was the third round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on April 27, 2002 on the oval at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Japan.

Ehime FC

It is also one of two clubs to be named after their home prefecture instead of its capital city, the other being Tochigi S.C. from Utsunomiya, Tochigi.

Fujioka

Fujioka, Tochigi, a former town located in Shimotsuga District, Tochigi, Japan

Hakuoh University women's basketball

Hakuoh University women's basketball team is a Japanese basketball team based in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture.

Honda S2000

The AP1 was manufactured up to 2003 at Honda's Takanezawa plant, alongside the Honda NSX and Honda Insight hybrid.

Horseheads, New York

Starting in 1990, Horseheads was the sister city of Bato in Tochigi Prefecture in Japan, a town that could be translated as Horseheads.

Kuroiso Station

The station, located in the former city of Kuroiso, sits in front of a street lined with several local cafes and businesses.

Masaru Ibuka

Masaru Ibuka (井深 大 Ibuka Masaru, April 11, 1908, Nikkō City, Japan – December 19, 1997, Tokyo) was a Japanese electronics industrialist and co-founder of Sony.

Michio Watanabe

He was born in Ōtawara, Tochigi and graduated from the Tokyo College of Commerce (now Hitotsubashi University) in 1942.

Nasu Imperial Villa

Nasu Imperial Villa, located in the town of Nasu, Nasu District in Tochigi Prefecture, is a retreat used by the Japanese Imperial Family.

Ōtori Keisuke

One unit was marched towards Nikkō, defeating an Imperial Army detachment on the way at Koyama in Shimotsuke Province.

Sister cities of Grand Forks, North Dakota

While the relationship with Ishim faded, Grand Forks found a new sister in Awano, Japan.

Tatsuzō Shimaoka

After supervising the loading of what would become his last noborigama firing in late 2007, Shimaoka collapsed, and died several weeks later in late 2007 from acute liver failure at Mashiko in Tochigi Prefecture.

Tochigi, Tochigi

Envoys using the Reiheishi Way sent from the Imperial Court going to the shrines and temples of Nikko stayed at the lodging area in the city.

Yoshio Kodaira

He is believed to have raped and murdered 10 women between May 25, 1945 and August 6, 1946 in Tochigi and Tokyo.

Zenkaren

In 1996, Zenkaren constructed the 2 billion yen Heartpia Kitsuregawa in Sakura, Tochigi Prefecture, a hot spring (spa) hotel with a vocational rehabilitation facility.


Agata

Agata Station, a train station in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Hunter Mountain

Hunter Mountain Shiobara, a ski area in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Kanto Tsukuba Bank

While the bank has a majority of its branches in Ibaraki Prefecture, it operates several branches outside the prefecture, notable in Tokyo, Chiba, Tochigi, and Saitama Prefectures.

Servant x Service

A 13-episode anime adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Yasutaka Yamamoto began airing on ABC on July 4, 2013 and were later aired on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, Hokkaido Broadcasting Company, Chukyo TV, BS11 and AT-X.

Tochigi Prefecture

Other famous parts of Tochigi include a region called Nasu known for onsen and local sake and ski resorts.