Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi
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is a city
Cities of Japan
||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...

 in Tochigi
Tochigi Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Kantō region on the island of Honshū, Japan. The capital is the city of Utsunomiya.Nikkō, whose ancient Shintō shrines and Buddhist temples UNESCO has recognized by naming them a World Heritage Site, is in this prefecture...

, Japan
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As of May 1, 2006, the city has an estimated population of 30,894. The total area is 174.42 km².

The city was founded on October 1, 2005 by the merger of the towns of Karasuyama
Karasuyama, Tochigi
Karasuyama was a town located in Nasu District, Tochigi, Japan., the town had an estimated population of 18,799 and a density of 202.44 persons per km²...

 and Minaminasu
Minaminasu, Tochigi
Minaminasu was a town located in Nasu District, Tochigi, Japan.As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 13,128 and a density of 160.96 persons per km²...

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Nasu-Karasuyama city has one main street called Chuo Dori. This main street has a number of small businesses. Off this main street, there is the Yamaage Kaikan, and a place where Yamaage festival is held in summer. Loosely translated, this means `mountain deification`. A shopping center (Beisia) is located slightly outside the center of the city.

There Karasuyama-sen train line connects to Hoshakuji and Utsunomiya.

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