Ashikaga (足利市, Ashikaga-shi) is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture of Honshu, Japan.

[2] Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Ashikaga has declined over the past 30 years.

Ashikaga annexed the neighboring village of Keno on March 3, 1951, and the town of Yamabe on April 1, 1953.

Ashikaga has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 24 members.

In terms of national politics, the city is part of Tochigi 5th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.