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Japanese: 小浜[市] - おばま

A city in the southwest of Fukui Prefecture, facing Wakasa Bay. It was incorporated as a city in 1951. It was the location of the Wakasa provincial capital in the past. The central city has been a port town since the Middle Ages, and in the early modern period it was a castle town for the Kyogoku and Sakai clans. The Obama Line and the Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway run through the city. The city is blessed with good fishing grounds in the inland sea of Obama Bay and the open sea of Wakasa Bay, making it a thriving fishing industry, and in recent years it has also been focusing on aquaculture. It also manufactures transportation equipment and food products. Wakasa lacquerware and agate crafts are local specialties. There are many scenic spots such as Sotomo, and the coast is included in Wakasa Bay Quasi-National Park. There are many ancient shrines and temples in the city, including Wakasahiko Shrine, Wakasahime Shrine (Wakasa Ichinomiya and Wakasa Ninomiya respectively), Jinguji Temple, famous for the Omizutori ritual, Myotsu-ji Temple, which has many cultural properties such as national treasures and important cultural properties, and Haga-ji Temple. Area: 233.09 ^km2 . Population: 31,340 (2010).
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Japanese:

福井県南西部，若狭湾に面する市。1951年市制。古くは若狭国府所在地。中心市街は中世以来の港町で，近世には京極・酒井氏の城下町。小浜線，舞鶴若狭自動車道が通じる。小浜湾の内海と若狭湾の外海の好漁場に恵まれて漁業が盛んで，近年は栽培漁業にも力を入れている。輸送用機器・食品などの工業も行う。特産に若狭塗，メノウ細工がある。蘇洞門(そとも)など景勝地が多く，海岸は若狭湾国定公園に含まれる。市内には古社寺が多く，若狭彦神社，若狭姫神社（それぞれ若狭一宮，二宮），お水取りの神事で有名な神宮寺，国宝，重文などの文化財の多い明通(みょうつう)寺，羽賀寺などがある。233.09km²。３万1340人（2010）。
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