Sakamoto

Japanese: 坂本 - さかもと

This is an old village area in the central part of Otsu City, in the southwest of Shiga Prefecture. It is located at the eastern foot of Mt. Hiei. It was established as a village in 1889. It was incorporated into Otsu City in 1951. From the Heian to Muromachi periods, it flourished as a temple town of Enryakuji Temple and a key port on Lake Biwa, but it declined after Oda Nobunaga burned down Mt. Hiei, and was revived as a temple town again in the Edo period. Today, it is home to the Tendai sect's religious office, the various village temples of Enryakuji Temple, and Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine (the main halls of the east and west shrines are national treasures, and the grounds are a nationally designated historic site). The Sanno Festival is famous. Karasaki Pine on the lake shore is one of the Eight Views of Omi, known for "Karasaki Yoame (Evening Rain at Karasaki)."

Sakamoto

This is the former town area in the northwest of Annaka City, in the western part of Gunma Prefecture. It is a settlement at the eastern foot of Usui Pass. It was incorporated as a town in 1889. In 1954, it merged with Matsuida Town and one other town and three villages to form Matsuida Town, and in 2006 it merged with Annaka City. It flourished as a post town on the Nakasendo road until the opening of the Shinetsu Main Line. After World War II, the number of cars crossing Usui Pass increased dramatically due to the improvement of National Route 18, and many drive-ins and rest houses were built in Sakamoto, but in 1971, the Usui Bypass branched off to the south from Yokokawa, and the number of users dropped dramatically.

Sakamoto

The former village area is in the southwest of Yatsushiro City, in the central-southern part of Kumamoto Prefecture. It spreads across the lower reaches of the Kuma River and the southern end of the Kyushu Mountains. In 1961, the villages of Kamimatsukuma, Kudamatsukuma, and Kudaragi merged to form Sakamoto Village. In 2005, it merged with the five municipalities of Yatsushiro City, Sendai Town, Kagami Town, Toyo Village, and Izumi Village to form Yatsushiro City. Forestry is the main industry, and there is a silk reeling factory. After World War II, the development of the Kuma River progressed rapidly, and the Arase Dam was completed.

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Japanese:

滋賀県南西部，大津市中部の旧村域。比叡山東麓にある。 1889年村制施行。 1951年大津市に編入。平安時代から室町時代にかけて延暦寺の門前町，琵琶湖の要津として栄えたが，織田信長の比叡山焼き打ち以後衰え，江戸時代再び門前町として復活。現在も天台宗の宗務庁，延暦寺の各里坊，日吉大社 (東西本宮の各本殿は国宝，境内は国指定史跡) などがある。山王祭は有名。湖岸の唐崎の松は「唐崎夜雨」で知られる近江八景の一つ。

坂本
さかもと

群馬県西部，安中市北西部の旧町域。碓氷峠の東麓にある集落。 1889年町制施行。 1954年松井田町ほか1町3村と合体して松井田町となり，2006年安中市と合体。信越本線の開通まで，中山道の宿場町として栄えた。第2次世界大戦後，国道 18号線が改修されたため碓氷峠越えの車が激増し，坂本には多数のドライブインやレストハウスが立ち並んだが，1971年碓氷バイパスが横川から南へ分岐したため，利用者が激減した。

坂本
さかもと

熊本県中南部，八代市南西部の旧村域。球磨川下流域，九州山地南端部に広がる。 1961年上松求麻 (かみまつくま) 村，下松求麻村，百済来 (くだらぎ) 村の3村が合体して坂本村が成立。 2005年八代市，千丁町，鏡町，東陽村，泉村の5市町村と合体して八代市となった。林業がおもで製糸工場がある。第2次世界大戦後球磨川開発が急速に進み，荒瀬ダムが完成した。

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