Flag of Tochigi
Officially Tochigi Prefecture
Locally Tochigi-ken · 栃木県
What the flag looks like
A white emblem on a light green field: the kanji 栃 (tochi) squared into a blocky shape, with three upward arrows at the top left.
What it means
The arrows are an ancient form of 木 ("tree"), the left part of 栃, pointing upward for energy and progress.
How to remember it
Tochigi's
blocky white emblem on light green is the kanji 栃 (tochi), with three little arrows pointing up in the corner.
Fun facts
- Nikkō's Tōshō-gū, the lavish shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu, is in Tochigi.
- Tochigi has grown more strawberries than any other prefecture for over 50 years.
Tochigi at a glance
- Type
- Prefecture (ken)
- Island
- Honshū
- Capital
- Utsunomiya
- Region
- Kantō
- Population
- 1.9 million
- Area
- 6,408 km²
- Languages
- Japanese
- Currency
- Japanese yen (¥)
- Flag adopted
- 1964