Sayo [town] - Sayo

Japanese: 佐用[町] - さよう

A town in Sayo County in western Hyogo Prefecture. The main settlement is along the Sayo River, a tributary of the Chikusa River, and flourished as a post town on the road to Izumo and Inaba. It is a key transportation hub between Sanyo and Sanin, with the Kishin Line, Chugoku Expressway, and National Route 179 passing through it. Rice, flowers, chestnuts, and shiitake mushrooms are cultivated here, and lumber and agricultural equipment are manufactured here. Hirafuku in the north was once the castle town of the Sayo Domain, which had a stipend of 10,000 koku, and the old townscape remains. In October 2005, the town was incorporated with the towns of Mikazuki, Nankou, and Kozuki in Sayo County. 307.44 ^km2 . Population: 19,265 (2010).

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Japanese:

兵庫県西部，佐用郡の町。主集落は千種(ちくさ)川の支流佐用川に沿い，出雲・因幡(いなば)への街道の宿場町として栄えた。姫新(きしん)線，中国自動車道，国道179号線が通じる山陽・山陰間の交通要地。米・花卉(かき)・クリ・シイタケの栽培，製材，農機具製造が行われる。北部の平福はかつて佐用藩１万石の城下町で，古い町並みが残る。2005年10月佐用郡三日月町，南光町，上月町を編入。307.44km²。１万9265人（2010）。

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