Oyama

Oyama is a town placed in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. As of May 2015, the metropolis had an predicted population of 165,852, and a populace density of 966 humans in line with km2. Its total location is 171.76 km2. In 2006, Oyama became the second one most populous city in Tochigi Prefecture, with the capital Utsunomiya keeping the number one spot. Oyama-shuku became a put up station on the Nikko Kaido connecting Edo with the shrines at Nikko, and changed into controlled by way of Utsunomiya Domain at some point of the Edo length.

Oyama town became installed within Shimotsuga District, Tochigi with the establishment of the municipalities machine on April 1, 1889. Oyama merged with the neighboring village of Otani on March 31, 1954 and was elevated to metropolis repute. On April 18, 1963, Oyama annexed the city of Mamada and village of Mita, each from Shimotsuga District. This changed into observed with the aid of the city of Kuwakinu on September 30, 1965. Oyama is a nearby business middle with a combined financial system. In agriculture, cultivation of rice, kampyo and sericulture are essential.