Nishikata [town] - Nishikata

Japanese: 西方[町] - にしかた

A former town in Kamitsuga County in the southwest of Tochigi Prefecture. It was incorporated as a town in 1994. The eastern part is the alluvial plain of the Omoigawa River, and greenhouse horticulture is carried out mainly on rice and wheat, as well as strawberries and Chinese chives. Kanazaki, in the center of the town, was a bustling post town on the Nikko Reiheishi Kaido road during the Edo period. The Tobu Nikko Line and National Route 293 run through the town, and in 1990 the Utsunomiya West Core Industrial Park was developed in the northwest of the village to attract businesses. Kanai's Yakushido Hall contains an iron seated statue of Yakushi Nyorai, an important cultural property. Incorporated into Tochigi City in October 2011. 32.00 ^km2 . 6,524 people (2010).

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Japanese:

栃木県南西部，上都賀(かみつが)郡の旧町。1994年町制。東部は思川(おもいがわ)の沖積平野で，米麦を中心にイチゴ，ニラなどの施設園芸が行われる。中心の金崎は江戸時代日光例幣使街道の宿場町としてにぎわった。東武日光線，国道293号線が通じ，1990年には村北西部に宇都宮西中核工業団地を造成して企業誘致を進めている。金井の薬師堂には重要文化財の鉄造薬師如来座像がある。2011年10月栃木市へ編入。32.00km²。6524人（2010）。

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