Kashiwa [city] - Kashiwa

Japanese: 柏[市] - かしわ

A city in northwestern Chiba Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1954. Most of the city is on the Shimousa Plateau, and the Tone River flows southeast along the northern border. In the early modern period, the city center was a post town on the Mito Kaido road. The Joban Line and Tobu Noda Line cross here, and since the electrification of the Joban Line in 1949, it has rapidly developed into a residential city near Tokyo. Large stores have opened around Kashiwa Station, making it a wide-area commercial city. Since the 1960s, industrial parks have been developed, and industries such as electrical equipment, food, and metals have been thriving. The Joban Expressway runs through the city. Vegetables are grown in rural areas. The Tsukuba Express opened in 2005. In March 2005, Numazu Town, Higashikatsushika County, was incorporated. The city suffered damage during the Great East Japan Earthquake. ^{114.74 km2} . 404,012 people (2010).

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Japanese:

千葉県北西部の市。1954年市制。大部分は下総(しもうさ)台地で，北境を利根川が南東流する。中心市街は近世は水戸街道の宿場町であった。常磐線と東武野田線が交差し，1949年の常磐線電化以来東京近郊の住宅都市として急速に発展。柏駅周辺に大型店が進出し，広域商業都市となっている。1960年代以降造成された工業団地では電気機器，食品，金属などの工業が盛んである。常磐自動車道が通じる。農村部では野菜を栽培。2005年つくばエクスプレスが開業。2005年３月，東葛飾郡沼南町を編入。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。114.74km²。40万4012人（2010）。

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