Usuki Castle Town

Japanese: 臼杵城下 - うすきじょうか
Usuki Castle Town

...Population: 36,614 (1995). Facing Usuki Bay, an inlet at the northernmost west coast of the Bungo Channel, the city has developed around the former castle town of Usuki at the mouth of the Usuki River at the head of the bay. Since the Meiji period, it has flourished as the political and economic center of the Hokkaido region, and the Nippō Main Line was opened in 1909.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Usuki Castle Town" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人口3万6614(1995)。豊後水道西岸最北部の湾入臼杵湾に面し,湾頭の臼杵川河口の旧臼杵城下町を中心に市街地が発達している。明治以降,北海部地方の政治・経済の中心として栄え,1909年日豊本線が通じた。…

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