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◎Only one hour away from Tokyo.
◎The Tohoku Expressway at the vertical center axis, directly connected with the Gaikan, Ken-O
(partially under construction), Kitakanto, Joban, and Kanetsu expressways.
◎National Route 4 (Tokyo - Aomori), National Route 50 (Mito - Takasaki), National Route 294
(Kashiwa - Aizuwakamatsu), National Route 408 (Narita) are also directly connected.
◎1 to 3 hours from the port of Ibaraki or Niigata for container transportation.
About 2 hours to Sendai.
◎From the Chubu and Kansai regions, cargo may be transported through the Nagano,
Joshin-etsu, and Kitakanto expressways, bypassing the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway.
◎A lot of industrial parks suitable for a logistics center directly connect to
the interchange of the expressway.
◎Lot prices are less than 1/2 of the prices in the metropolitan neighboring
prefectures.
◎A rental charge of a new logistics center may be realized within 600 yen
range/m2 depends on the conditions.
◎Land prices for industrial site are less than 1/10 of Tokyo area and
less than 1/2 of the areas along the Ken-O Expressway.
◎Construction cost or leasing charge for logistics center can be kept in low.
◎Located in inland without seashore in the prefecture, not directly affected by Tsunami.
◎A few damages by typhoon or flooding.
◎By the two main traffic axes in east to west and south to north, an alternative distribution route
can be secured to circumvent the area hit by a disaster.
◎Almost no severe damage is expected in case of the large-scale earthquake to be occurred
directly underneath the Tokyo metropolitan area.
◎Population clustered areas are located in the central and southern part of the prefecture.
◎(Central) Utsunomiya - Approx. 510,000,
(South) Oyama- Approx.160,000, Tochigi- Approx.140,000, Sano- Approx.120,000 people.