Utsunomiya

Utsunomiya (宇 都 宫), is the capital of the Tochigi Prefecture, near Tokyo. It's ​​312.16 km ² and nearly half a million people live here. Here, you can find the Canon Inc. central factory, and Honda design centers. Getting here is easy if you take one of the express trains departing from Ueno Station (Tokyo). The things I have mentioned are not why this city is well-known, however. The real reason that make this city special are its specialty Gyoza restaurants, which claim to be the best in the country. The gyoza (饺子) is a dish of Chinese origin but adapted to Japanese cuisine. It is the equivalent of our turnovers, a dough folded over itself with meat (usually pork or chicken) and some vegetables inside.