Sanjo [city] - Sanjo

Japanese: 三条[市] - さんじょう

A city in central Niigata Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1934. The city center is close to the confluence of the Shinano River and its tributary, the Igarashi River, and has long developed as a river port and a commercial town with a thriving clothing manufacturing and trading industry. It was also a castle town from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. Sanjo merchants also traveled around the country. From the mid-Edo period, metalworking began as a side job for farmers, and there are many small and medium-sized factories that make cutlery, carpentry tools, locks, etc., making it famous nationwide as "Sanjo for Metalworking." Related machinery and steel industries are also thriving. It is home to Honjoji Temple, the head temple of the Hokke sect of Buddhism's Jinmon school, and Honai in the east is a specialty of Japanese white pine. The Hokuriku Expressway, Shinetsu Main Line, and Joetsu Shinkansen pass through the city, and the Yahiko Line branches off from it. National Route 8 passes through the city. In May 2005, Sakae Town in Minamikanbara County and Shimoda Village were incorporated. 431.97 ^{km 2} . 102,292 people (2010).

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Japanese:

新潟県中部の市。1934年市制。中心市街は信濃川とその支流五十嵐川の合流点に近く，古くから河港，衣料の製造や取引が盛んな商業町として発展。中世〜近世初期は城下町でもあった。また三条商人は全国を行商した。江戸中期からは農家の副業として金物の生産が始まり，刃物，大工道具，錠前などの中小工場が多く，〈金物の三条〉として全国的に有名で，関連の機械，鉄鋼業も盛ん。法華宗陣門流の総本山本成寺があり，東部の保内(ほない)では五葉松を特産。北陸自動車道，信越本線，上越新幹線が通じ弥彦線が分岐。国道８号線が通じる。2005年５月南蒲原郡栄町，下田村を編入。431.97km²。10万2292人（2010）。

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