Kanuma, Tochigi

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Kanuma 鹿沼市
City
Kanuma City Hall
Flag Seal
Location of Kanuma in Tochigi Prefecture
Kanuma
Coordinates: 36°34′1.5″N 139°44′42.2″E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tochigi Prefecture
Area
• Total	490.64 km2 (189.44 sq mi)
Population  (May 2015)
• Total	98,883
• Density	202/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Cryptomeria
- Flower	Satsuki azalea
Phone number	0289-64-2111
Address	1688-1 Imamiyachō, Kanuma-shi, Tochigi-ken 322-0068
Website	http://www.city.kanuma.tochigi.jp/

Kanuma (鹿沼市, Kanuma-shi) is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture, 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 is 490.64 km² (189.44 sq mi).

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.

Transportation

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

External relations

• – Tieling, Liaoning, China
• – Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA

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

External links

Media related to Kanuma, Tochigi at Wikimedia Commons

• Official Website Template:Ja icon