Mibu, Tochigi

Mibu 壬生町
Town
Mibu Town Office Mibu Town Office
Flag of Mibu Flag Official seal of Mibu Seal
Location of Mibu in Tochigi Prefecture Location of Mibu in Tochigi Prefecture
Mibu
Coordinates:
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tochigi Prefecture
District	Shimotsuga
Area
• Total	61.06 km2 (23.58 sq mi)
Population (May 2015)
• Total	39,628
• Density	649/km2 (1,680/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
- Tree	Enoki
- Flower	Calabash
- Bird	Eurasian skylark
Phone number	0282-81-1806
Address	12-22 Torimachi, Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga -gun, Tochigi-ken 321-0292
Website	Official website

Mibu (壬生町, Mibu-machi) is a town located in Shimotsuga District, Tochigi Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of May 2015, the town had an estimated population of 39,628 and a population density of 649 persons per km². Its total area was 61.06 km².

Geography

Mibu is located in south-central Tochigi Prefecture.

Surrounding municipalities

• Tochigi Prefecture
  • Utsunomiya
  • Kanuma
  • Tochigi
  • Shimotsuke

History

The remains of many burial mounds from the Kofun period can be found in Mibu. During the Edo period, Mibu-shuku was a post station on a branch the Nikkō Kaidō connecting Edo with the shrines at Nikkō, and was also a castle town for Mibu Domain. After the Meiji restoration, Mibu town and the villages of Inaba and Minami-Inukai were created within Shimotsuga District on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the municipalities system. Inaba merged with Mibu on November 3, 1954 followed by Minami-Inukai on July 28, 1955.

Economy

The economy of Mibu is heavily dependent on agriculture.

Education

• Dokkyo Medical University
• Mibu has eight primary schools, two middle schools and one high school.

Transportation

Railway

• Tobu Railway – Tobu Utsunomiya Line
  • Mibu - Kuniya - Omocha-no-Machi - Yasuzuka

Highway

• Kita-Kantō Expressway – Mibu PA/Mibu IC
• Japan National Route 121
• Japan National Route 352

Local attractions

• Mibumachi Toy Museum
• site of Mibu Castle
• Atagozuka Kofun
• Kurumazuka Kofun
• Ushizuka Kofun
• Chausuyama Kofun

Noted people from Mibu

• Tsutomu Sato - poltician

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (Japanese)