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Utsunomiya has more streets lined with horse chestnut trees æ ã®æ¨ tochi-no-ki, and more places and products labeled Marronnier French (http://les.arbres.free.fr/fiche-marronnier.php for Aesculus hippocastanum) than any other city in Japan's Tochigi "Buckeye" Prefecture.
Utsunomiya is also the hometown of jazz great Sadao Watanabe (http://www.sadao.com/inde...) and bills itself as a Jazz Town (http://www.u-jazznomachi....) that is also famous for its cocktail bars (http://www.utsunomiya-cvb...).
