Utsunomiya
Utsunomiya (宇都宮) is the capital of Tochigi prefecture, Japan. Wikivoyage
Population 518,197 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Japan
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- 伊賀門跡 Memorial · 480 m
- 贈従三位戸田忠恕之碑 Memorial · 520 m
- 天皇観臨賜甫処 Memorial · 520 m
- 二の丸土塁・堀跡 Memorial · 530 m
- 善意の桜 Memorial · 560 m
- 宇都宮城跡 Memorial · 580 m
- 大イチョウ Attraction · 840 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Japan Cup
October
The Japan Cup Cycle Road Race is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in the city of Utsunomiya in Japan since 1992. The race usually held in October each year.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage; descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Tobu-Utsunomiya 1.0 km
- 東武西口 1.1 km
- Minami-Utsunomiya 1.3 km
- Kanto Transportation Inc., Utsunomiya Station - Commuter Pass Center 1.5 km
- サカエタクシー 1.6 km
- Utsunomiya 1.7 km
More train stations: Tsuruta 2.6 km, Esojima 2.9 km, Nishi-Kawada 4.9 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.