Kasukabe [city] - Kasukabe

Japanese: 春日部[市] - かすかべ

A city in eastern Saitama prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1954. Until 1944, it was written as Kasukabe. It occupies alluvial plains such as the Shonai-Furukawa, Furutonegawa, and Motoarakawa rivers, and the Edogawa River, which forms the border with Chiba prefecture, flows south to the eastern end of the city, forming the prefecture's grain-producing region. The city center developed as a post town on the Nikko Kaido road in the early modern period, and is now a transportation hub where the Tobu Railway's Isesaki Line and Noda Line intersect. In the 1960s, industrial and residential complexes were developed, and the Hibiya subway line was extended to Kita-Kasukabe, and urbanization progressed rapidly. Traditional industries include paulownia crafts such as chests, geta, and hagoita, and straw hats. Food and electrical equipment industries are also conducted, but there are many small factories. The wisteria tree in the Kojima residence of Ushijima is several hundred years old (special natural monument). Showa Town, Kitakatsushika District, was incorporated in October 2005. ^66.00km2 . 237,171 people (2010).

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Japanese:

埼玉県東部の市。1954年市制。1944年まで粕壁と書いた。庄内古川，古利根川，元荒川などの沖積平野を占め，東端には千葉県境をなす江戸川が南流し，県の穀倉地帯を形成する。中心市街は近世に日光街道の宿場町として発達し，現在は東武鉄道の伊勢崎線と野田線とが交差する交通要地。1960年代に工業団地，住宅団地が造成され，地下鉄日比谷線が北春日部まで乗り入れて，都市化が急速に進んだ。伝統産業ではたんす，げた，羽子板などの桐細工，麦わら帽を特産。また食品，電気機器などの工業が行われるが，小規模な工場が多い。牛島の児島邸内にあるフジは樹齢数百年の古木（特別天然記念物）。2005年10月北葛飾郡庄和町を編入。66.00km²。23万7171人（2010）。

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