Kusatsu [city] - Kusatsu

Japanese: 草津[市] - くさつ

A city in southern Shiga Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1954. The city center developed as a post town where the Tokaido and Nakasendo roads branched off, and a historic honjin remains. It is a junction between the Tokaido Main Line and the Kusatsu Line, and is surrounded by a large rural area, making it a bustling commercial town. In addition to cultivating pears, grapes, and other fruit trees, greenhouse-grown carnations are shipped to Kyoto. Since the construction of the Ritto Interchange on the Meishin Expressway, there has been a significant influx of electrical equipment, steel, and other factories. It is also becoming a commuter town for Kyoto and Osaka. Gourds are a specialty of the city. The shores of Lake Biwa belong to Lake Biwa Quasi-National Park. In 1993, Lake Biwa became a Ramsar Convention registered wetland. ^{67.82 km2} . 130,874 people (2010).

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Japanese:

滋賀県南部の市。1954年市制。中心市街は東海道と中山道が分岐する宿場町として発達，本陣（史跡）が残る。東海道本線と草津線の分岐点で，広い農村部を控え商業が活発。ナシ，ブドウなどの果樹を栽培するほか，温室栽培のカーネーションを京都へ出荷。名神高速道路の栗東インターチェンジ設置後は電気機器，鉄鋼などの工場進出が著しい。京都，大阪のベッドタウン化も進んでいる。ヒョウタンが特産。琵琶湖岸は琵琶湖国定公園に属する。1993年に琵琶湖がラムサール条約登録湿地となる。67.82km²。13万874人（2010）。

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