Kugeta

A district in the southern part of Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture. Formerly Kugeta Town. In the Middle Ages, it developed as a castle town of a subsidiary castle of Mizutani Banryu (Lord of Shimodate Castle), and in the early modern period, it was under the direct control of the shogunate and came under the control of the Shimodate magistrate, and flourished as a producer of Kugeta cotton. After the Meiji period, it became a distribution center for agricultural products from the surrounding areas, and in 1912 (Meiji 45), the government-run Moka Light Line (now the Moka Railway) was opened and Kugeta Station was opened. National Routes 294 and 408 run parallel to the railway.

[Masayasu Murakami]

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栃木県真岡市(もおかし)南部の一地区。旧久下田町。中世、水谷蟠竜(ばんりゅう)（下館(しもだて)城主）の支城の城下町として発展、近世には幕府直轄領として下館代官の配下となり、久下田木綿(もめん)の産地として栄えた。明治以降は近郷の農産物の集散地となり、1912年（明治45）に官設真岡軽便線（現、真岡鉄道）が通じ、久下田駅が開設された。鉄道と平行して、国道294号と408号が走る。

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