Imajuku (Akita) - Imajuku

...In the late Middle Ages, the Onodera clan's branch castle was established here. Imajuku, which borders Numadate to the south, flourished in the early modern period as a river port and market town on the Omono River. In 1918, the Yokote-Numadate section of the Yokosho Railway (later the Ugo Kotsu Yokosho Line) opened, and Numadate flourished as a key railway transportation point. The railway was later extended to Omori, but was discontinued in 1971. Since then, the town has expanded in the direction of the mountains along National Route 107.

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…中世後期には小野寺氏の支城が置かれた。沼館に南接する今宿は近世に雄物川水運の河港，市場町として栄えた。1918年横荘鉄道(のち羽後交通横荘線)の横手～沼館間が開通，沼館は鉄道交通の要地として栄え，その後鉄道は大森まで延長されたが，71年には廃止され，以後市街地は国道107号線沿いの造山方向へ拡大している。…

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