Ashikaga City

Tochigi Prefecture · City

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Ashikaga City is the birthplace of the Ashikaga clan, which founded the Muromachi shogunate. Ashikaga Gakko, said to be the oldest school in Japan, and Banna-ji Temple remain in the city. The great wisteria of Ashikaga Flower Park is famous around the world, and the city also prospered as a textile town.

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Population: 135,808 201st in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −6.2% 967th in Japanfrom 144,746 in 2020
Area: 178 km² 693rd in Japan
Population density: 764 people/km² 430th in Japan

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.

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