Ninomiya, Tochigi

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Ninomiya (二宮町; -machi) is a town located in Haga District, which lies in the extreme south-east of Tochigi, Japan.

Ninomiya commonly means "the second shrine" of the province, but this town is named after an eighteenth-century hero, Ninomiya Sontoku. There is a museum dedicated to the town's namesake in the area of Ninomiya known as Monobe.

As of 2006, the town has an estimated population of 16,765 and a density of 300.52 persons per km². The total area is 55.45 km², spanning 14 km east-west and 9 km north-south at its widest points.

The town of Ninomiya was formed in 1955 when the town of Kugeta (久下田) and the two villages of Monobe (物部) and Naganuma (長沼) merged to form a single administrative area. The train station (serving the Moka line) still bears the name of Kugeta. A popular tourist attraction is the local steam train which stops at Kugeta on its route to and from Shimodate (下館) and Motegi (茂木).

Ninomiya town is currently the largest producer of strawberries in Japan, and many of the town's inhabitants are involved in the cultivation of this fruit.

Talk of a possible merger between Ninomiya and the more affluent neighbouring city of Moka （真岡） remains a controversial subject.


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