Ashikaga Shi

Ashikaga is a city in Tochigi prefecture, , near the prefecture's border with . Ashikaga makes an ideal day trip from . It's a small city with a lot of history packed into an attractive and easily walkable radius, from the mound tombs and…
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Banna Temple and Ashikaga Gakkō.

Buddhist temple
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Banna-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon tradition in the city of , , in northern of . The honzon of the temple is a statue of Dainichi Nyōrai, leading to the temple's nickname of Dainichisama.

Photo: Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0.
is Japan's oldest standing academic building. It is located in the city of , , about 70 kilometres north of . It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1928.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the city of , , Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company. It is one of two main railway stations of Ashikaga; the other is of the private railway operator Tobu.

Ashikaga Shi

Latitude
36.3593° or 36° 21′ 34″ north
Longitude
139.453° or 139° 27′ 11″ east
Population
154,000
Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)
Open location code
8Q8X9F53+P6
Geo­Names ID
1865004
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In Other Languages

“Ashikaga Shi” goes by many names.
  • Japanese: “あしかがし”
  • Japanese: “アシカガシ”
  • Japanese: “足利”
  • Japanese: “足利市”

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