Ashikaga

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Ashikaga

Total population

147,699

Air quality index

67Moderate

Coordinates36.34°, 139.45°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Ashikaga is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture of Honshu, Japan. As of 1 June 2023, the city had an estimated population of 140,036, in 62,123 households and a population density of 788 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 177.76 square kilometres (68.63 sq mi).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Yuji Takada

Olympic wrestler

Masaaki Ōsawa

Japanese politician

Rentarō Mikuni

Japanese actor (1923–2013)

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Ryo Miyazaki

Japanese boxer

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Tarako

Japanese actress, voice actress and singer (1960–2024)

Chiezō Kataoka

Japanese actor (1903-1983)

Aya Uchida

Japanese voice actress and singer

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Misato Hirata

Japanese actress

Yuki Saito

Japanese baseball player

Itsuki Shoda

Japanese baseball player

Masayoshi Shimizu

Japanese politician

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Seiki Noguchi

Japanese military personnel

Shinya Nakayama

baseball player

Takayama Hikokurō

samurai

Onryo

Japanese professional wrestler

DE DE MOUSE

Japanese composer, arranger, producer, keyboardist, DJ (1978-)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tochigi

• Sano
  7.4 mi away · pop. 117,521
• Watarase Usuichi
  14.5 mi away
• Tochigi
  16.1 mi away · pop. 157,645
• Nogi
  17.9 mi away · pop. 25,292
• Oyama
  19.7 mi away · pop. 167,535
• Mibu
  20.7 mi away · pop. 39,951
• Shimotsuke
  22.7 mi away · pop. 59,431
• Kanuma
  22.8 mi away · pop. 97,145
• Kaminokawa
  26.6 mi away · pop. 31,046
• Utsunomiya
  28.3 mi away · pop. 518,594
• Nikko
  29.7 mi away · pop. 83,386
• Moka
  32.1 mi away · pop. 79,548

Browse all places in Tochigi →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Ashikaga, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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