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Economy: Customs and Heritage:

Gunma's traditional industries include silkworm -Shrines and Temples of Nikko: A complex of 15 C h
farming and agriculture. Gunma produces 90% of Buddhist temple buildings was established in the year a
p
Japan's Amorphophallus, and two-thirds of the farms 766 by the Buddhist monk, Shodo. Due to its geo- t
are cabbage farms. graphic isolation (deep in the mountains of Japan), e r
the site soon attracted other Buddhist monks in
Customs and Heritage:
search of solitude. One of the most famous buildings
-Jomo Karuta: A traditional card game for both chil- is the Three Buddha Hall.
dren and old people to enjoy this card game.
-Kegon Falls: At 97m high, it is one of Japan's three
-Mount Tanigawa: A mountain on the border of Gun- highest waterfalls. The Kegon Falls are infamous for
ma Prefecture and Niigata Prefecture in Japan. Com- suicides, especially among Japanese youth.
monly called The Mountain of Death, it is bedecked -Chuzenji Lake: was also discovered in 782 by the
on all levels with commemorative plaques for those priest Shodo when his group succeeded in climbing
who have died on the mountain.
Mt. Nantai. Considered sacred, the mountain was
Cuisine: N/A closed to women, horses, and cows.
Cuisine: N/A

TOCHIGI IBARAKI

Total Area: 6,408.28 km2 (2,474.25 sq mi) The northeastern part of the Kanto region, stretching
between Tochigi Prefecture and the Pacific Ocean.
Total Population: 683,185
The northernmost part of the prefecture is mountain-
Major Cities: ous, but most of the prefecture is a flat plain with
many lakes.
Ashikaga Oyama
Total Area: 6,095.58 km2 (2,353.52 sq mi)
Kanuma Sakura
Moka Sano Total Population: 813,250

Nasukarasuyama Shimotsuke Major Cities:
Nasushiobara Tochigi Bando Joso Namegata

Nikko Utsunomiya (capital) Chikusei Kamisu Omitama

Otawara Yaita Hitachi Kasama Ryugasaki
Economy: Hitachinaka Kashima Sakuragawa

The annual gross agricultural output in Tochigi is Hitachiomiya Kasumigaura Shimotsuma
about 274 billion yen. Rice, vegetables, and livestock Hitachiota Kitaibaraki Takahagi
are produced in the region. Tochigi is also known for
its strawberries, Chinese chives, and Japanese pears Hokota Koga Toride
being sold throughout Japan and exported to other Inashiki Mito (capital) Tsuchiura
countries. Approximately 55% of Tochigi is covered Ishioka Moriya Tsukuba
by forests. Mushrooms, such as Shiitake mushrooms,
make up half of the forest industry, with an output of Itako Naka Tsukubamirai
approximately 5.6 billion yen. Ushiku Yuki

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