Kasaoka [city] - Kasaoka

Japanese: 笠岡[市] - かさおか

A city in the southwestern tip of Okayama Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1952. It is located on a complex alluvial fan, and the Sanyo Main Line runs through the city, which developed as a temple town for Daisen-in Temple, which was built in 1688. In 1965, it was designated as a special industrial development area in Bingo. The large-scale reclamation work on Kasaoka Bay, which continued until 1990, led to the establishment of factories, and the formation of a steel complex that straddles the neighboring city of Fukuyama in Hiroshima Prefecture to the west, as well as the development of food, electrical, and chemical industries. Kibi ware and paulownia geta (wooden clogs) are local specialties. The Sanyo Expressway runs through the city. The Kasaoka Islands off the coast consist of Konoshima, Shiraishijima, and Kitagishima, and are popular for fruit and flower cultivation, and seaweed and oyster farming. Kasaoka Bay is a breeding ground for horseshoe crabs (a natural monument). ^{136.39 km2} . 54,225 people (2010).

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Japanese:

岡山県南西端の市。1952年市制。複合扇状地に立地し，山陽本線が通じる市街は1688年に建立された大仙院の門前町として発達した。1965年備後(びんご)工業整備特別地域に指定され，1990年まで続いた笠岡湾の大干拓工事により工場立地が進み，西隣の広島県福山市にまたがる鉄鋼コンビナートを形成するほか，食品・電気・化学などの工業が発達する。吉備焼，桐下駄を特産。山陽自動車道が通じる。沖の笠岡諸島は神島(こうのしま)，白石島，北木島などからなり，果樹・花卉(かき)栽培，ノリ・カキ養殖が盛ん。笠岡湾はカブトガニ繁殖地（天然記念物）。136.39km²。５万4225人（2010）。

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