Kasama [city] - Kasama

Japanese: 笠間[市] - かさま

A city in the mid-west of Ibaraki Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1958. The castle was built by the Kasama clan in the 13th to 16th centuries in the center of the Kasama Basin. After several changes of feudal lords in the early modern period, the city developed as a castle town for the Makino clan, a post station on the Mito Kaido road, and a town in front of the shrine of Kasama Inari Shrine. The Joban Line and Mito Line branch off here, and the Joban Expressway and the Kita-Kanto Expressway pass through the city. The city produces vegetables, tobacco leaves, and lumber, and its specialty products are Kasama ware and Inada granite. Kasama Inari Shrine has believers throughout the Kanto region, and is famous as one of the three major Inari shrines along with Fushimi and Toyokawa. The stone walls of the castle ruins remain on Mt. Sashiro, and there is an azalea garden in the surrounding area, which is loved by the citizens. There is a habitat for the Kataniwa Himeharu cicada (a natural monument). In March 2006, the city incorporated the towns of Tomobe and Iwama in Nishiibaraki County, and the city hall became the former Tomobe Town Hall. The Great East Japan Earthquake caused damage in the city. The area was 240.40 ^km2 . The population was 79,409 (2010).
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Japanese:

茨城県中西部の市。1958年市制。笠間盆地の中央に13―16世紀に笠間氏が築城し，近世に入って何度かの藩主変遷を経て，牧野氏の城下町として，また水戸街道の宿駅，笠間稲荷の鳥居前町として発達した市街である。常磐線と水戸線が分岐し，常磐自動車道，北関東自動車道が通じる。野菜，葉タバコ，木材を産し，特産に笠間焼，稲田の御影石がある。笠間稲荷は関東一円に信者をもち，伏見，豊川とともに三大稲荷として有名。佐白山には城跡の石垣が残り，周辺にはツツジ園もあって市民に親しまれている。片庭ヒメハルゼミ発生地（天然記念物）がある。2006年３月西茨城郡友部町，岩間町を編入し，市役所を旧友部町役場とした。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。240.40km²。７万9409人（2010）。
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