Sakura [city] - Sakura

Japanese: 佐倉[市] - さくら

A city in the northern part of Chiba Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1954. It occupies part of the Shimousa Plateau, and the northern part is a low marshland facing Lake Inba. The city center developed as a castle town in the early modern period and as a post town on the Sakura Highway, and also prospered as a place to collect and distribute Sakura coal and konjac. Since the Meiji period, an army infantry regiment has been stationed here. It declined after World War II, but has recovered with the development of housing estates and industrial complexes for electrical and general equipment. Furthermore, with the opening of New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport) in Narita City in 1978, advanced technology industries have also moved into the area as an airport-side industrial complex. The city is served by the Sobu Main Line, Keisei Main Line, and Higashi-Kanto Expressway, and many people commute to Chiba and Tokyo. Rural areas produce rice, sweet potatoes, and peanuts. The National Museum of Japanese History opened on the site of Sakura Castle in 1983. The Great East Japan Earthquake caused damage in the city. The area was 103.69 ^km2 . The population was 172,183 (2010).
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Japanese:

千葉県北部の市。1954年市制。下総(しもうさ)台地の一部を占め，北部は印旛(いんば)沼に面する低湿地。中心市街は近世の城下町，佐倉街道の宿場町として発達，佐倉炭，コンニャクなどの集散でも栄えた。明治以降は陸軍歩兵連隊がおかれた。第２次大戦後衰微したが，住宅団地や電気・一般機器などの工業団地の造成により発展をとりもどした。さらに1978年成田市に新東京国際空港（現，成田国際空港）が開港したのを機に，臨空工業団地として先端技術産業も進出している。総武本線，京成電鉄本線，東関東自動車道が通じ，千葉・東京方面への通勤者が多い。農村部では米，サツマイモ，ラッカセイを産する。佐倉城跡には1983年国立歴史民俗博物館が開館した。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。103.69km²。17万2183人（2010）。
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