Komoro [city] - Komoro

Japanese: 小諸[市] - こもろ

A city in eastern Nagano Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1954. The city center is located in the Saku Basin, where the Chikuma River flows at the southwest foot of Mt. Asama. In the early modern period, it flourished as a castle town of the Makino clan of Komoro Domain, and a post town where the Hokkoku Kaido and Saku-Koshu Kaido roads diverged. From the Taisho to the early Showa period, it was one of the prefecture's leading silk-reeling areas. The third-sector Shinano Railway runs through the city, branching off from the Koumi Line, and in November 1996, the Joshinetsu Expressway was opened to Koshoku City (now Chikuma City). Electrical equipment, general machinery, and transportation equipment industries are thriving. The surrounding area is a producer of apples, peaches, and highland vegetables. The ruins of Komoro Castle (Kaikoen), famous for the poems of Shimazaki Toson, are located here, and the northern mountain ranges, including Takamine Plateau, belong to Joshinetsu Kogen National Park. ^{98.55 km2} . 43,997 people (2010).

Source : Heibonsha Encyclopedia About MyPedia Information

Japanese:

長野県東部の市。1954年市制。中心市街は浅間山南西麓の千曲(ちくま)川が流れる佐久盆地にある。近世小諸藩牧野氏の城下町，北国街道と佐久甲州街道の分かれる宿場町として栄え，大正〜昭和初期には県下有数の製糸業地であった。第三セクターしなの鉄道が通じ小海線を分岐し，1996年11月上信越自動車道が更埴市（現・千曲市）まで開通した。電気機器，一般機器，輸送用機器工業が発展している。付近はリンゴ，モモ，高原野菜の産地。島崎藤村の詩で有名な小諸城跡（懐古園）があり，高峰高原など北部の山地は上信越高原国立公園に属する。98.55km²。４万3997人（2010）。

出典　株式会社平凡社百科事典マイペディアについて　情報

<<: Komoro Domain

>>: Comoros - Union of Comoros