Yūki, Ibaraki

Japanese Name: 結城市
Prefecture: Ibaraki
Population: 52,065
Area: 65.84:
Longitude 139.8766414
Latitude 36.3054165
Homepage: http://www.city.yuki.lg.jp/

Yūki, Ibaraki

Yūki (結城市, Yūki-shi) is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of September 2015, the city had an estimated population of 51,429 and a population density of 782 persons per km². Its total area was 65.76 square kilometres (25.39 sq mi). Yūki is famous for Yūki-tsumugi traditional Japanese weavings including cloth and paper, and has a rich religious history with many older Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. There is a relatively large population of people of Brazilian, Filipino, Peruvian, and mixed descent.