Kurashiki [city] - Kurashiki

Japanese: 倉敷[市] - くらしき

This city occupies the lower reaches of the Takahashi River and part of the Kojima Peninsula in the southern part of Okayama Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1928, and merged with the cities of Kojima and Tamashima in 1967. The Sanyo Main Line, Shinkansen, Hakubi Line, Seto Ohashi Line, Sanyo Expressway, and Setouchi Chuo Expressway are all located here. The Kurashiki area developed rapidly after the establishment of Kurashiki Spinning Mill (now Kurabo) in 1888, and became a textile industrial city in 1926 with the establishment of Kurashiki Silk (now Kuraray). In 1964, the area was designated a new industrial city, and a heavy chemical industrial zone was formed around the Mizushima area. In recent years, it has come to account for almost half of the total industrial shipment value in the prefecture. Local industries include the manufacture of flower mats, tatami mat coverings, and sewing of school uniforms. The area around the Kurashiki River, where the magistrate's office once stood, prospered as a place of rice tax shipment for the Bitchu Tenryo. Rice warehouses remain, and the area has been designated as a national preservation district for groups of traditional buildings, attracting many tourists. There are the Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama University Institute of Bioresource Science, Kurashiki Folk Crafts Museum, and Archaeological Museum. Mt. Washu is a scenic spot included in the Setonaikai National Park. In August 2005, Funao Town, Asakuchi District, and Mabi Town, Kibi District were incorporated. ^{355.63 km2} . 475,513 people (2010).
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Japanese:

岡山県南部，高梁(たかはし)川下流域と児島半島の一部を占める市。1928年市制，1967年児島，玉島の２市と合併。山陽本線，新幹線，伯備線，瀬戸大橋線，山陽自動車道，瀬戸中央自動車道などが通じる。倉敷地区は1888年の倉敷紡績所（現クラボウ）設立後急速に発展し，1926年には倉敷絹織（現クラレ）の設立で繊維工業都市となった。1964年新産業都市指定により，水島地区を中心に重化学工業地帯が形成された。近年は県内の工業出荷額全体のほぼ半分を占めるに至った。地場産業として花むしろ，畳表の製造，学生服縫製がある。かつて代官所があった倉敷川付近は備中(びっちゅう)天領の年貢米積出しで栄えた地で米倉が残り，国の伝統的建造物群保存地区に指定され，多くの観光客を集める。大原美術館，岡山大学資源生物科学研究所，倉敷民芸館，考古館がある。鷲羽(わしゅう)山は瀬戸内海国立公園に含まれる名勝。2005年８月浅口郡船穂町，吉備郡真備町を編入。355.63km²。47万5513人（2010）。
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