Motegi, Tochigi

Motegi, written in Japanese as Motegi-machi, is a town on the far eastern border of Tochigi Prefecture in Japan, neighbouring Ibaraki Prefecture and the Tochigi towns of Ichikai, Mashiko and Nasukarasuyama. On 1 August 2020 it had an estimated 11,777 residents in 4,503 households, a density of 68 persons per square kilometre, across a total area of 172.69 square kilometres. The modern town was created in Haga District on 1 April 1889 together with three villages that it annexed in 1954. Its population peaked in the 1950s and has declined steadily since. It has a humid subtropical climate with warm summers and cold winters, and it is the site of the Mobility Resort Motegi built by Honda, which hosts car racing and the Honda Collection Hall transport museum.