Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of central Honshu, Japan, north of Tokyo. It is a resort and tobacco-processing center.
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- proper noun a capital city of
Tochigi prefecture ,Japan .
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Examples
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Hakuhodo Inc., Japan's second-biggest ad agency, built a wide-ranging promotion centered around a simple slogan: "A lovely place to live, Utsunomiya."
City in Japan Tries New Tack on Old Problem Mariko Sanchanta 2011
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Utsunomiya's unofficial mascot is a mock version of Botticelli's Venus, emerging not from a seashell but from a gyoza wrapper.
City in Japan Tries New Tack on Old Problem Mariko Sanchanta 2011
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Ebina, for example, a small city about an hour away from Tokyo—asked Utsunomiya's agency to come up with a slogan for it "To your field: Ebina", though it didn't have the funds for a full-blown campaign.
City in Japan Tries New Tack on Old Problem Mariko Sanchanta 2011
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Utsunomiya has the highest per capita gyoza-consumption rate in Japan and spends the most money on the dumplings.
City in Japan Tries New Tack on Old Problem Mariko Sanchanta 2011
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"We voluntarily refrained from launching new campaigns," said Mr. Sato, adding that it wasn't the time to be trying to lure people to settle in Utsunomiya.
City in Japan Tries New Tack on Old Problem Mariko Sanchanta 2011
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"My husband is set to be posted to Hokkaido or Mie prefecture soon, but I am staying in Utsunomiya."
City in Japan Tries New Tack on Old Problem Mariko Sanchanta 2011
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"I didn't want to admit I was from Utsunomiya when I went to college," the city-government worker said glumly.
City in Japan Tries New Tack on Old Problem Mariko Sanchanta 2011
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One of the poster messages reads: "Utsunomiya gyoza is awesome."
City in Japan Tries New Tack on Old Problem Mariko Sanchanta 2011
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UTSUNOMIYA, Japan—Takaaki Nammoku has spent his entire life in Utsunomiya, save for studies at a university.
City in Japan Tries New Tack on Old Problem Mariko Sanchanta 2011
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Government data show the average household in Utsunomiya city spent 479 yen on ready-to-eat gyoza purchased at supermarkets in December 2010.
City in Japan Tries New Tack on Old Problem Mariko Sanchanta 2011
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