Takarazuka [city] - Takarazuka

Japanese: 宝塚[市] - たからづか

A city in the middle reaches of the Muko River in the southeastern part of Hyogo Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1954. The central city area on either side of the river has been a hot spring resort since the Nara period, and in 1910 the Minoo-Arima Electric Tramway (now the Hankyu Takarazuka Line) was opened, creating a new hot spring and an amusement park, and it developed after becoming the home base of the Takarazuka Revue Company. The hot springs are saline and radioactive, with temperatures ranging from 16 to 30 degrees Celsius. Potted plants, seedlings, bulbs such as dahlias and irises are cultivated, and tourism agriculture such as strawberries and potatoes is also thriving. Industrial complexes are being constructed, and housing development from the Taisho period continues to this day, with large-scale housing development underway. There is Kiyoshikojin, a shrine for warding off misfortune and bringing good fortune, and Nakayama-dera, the 24th temple of the Thirty-Three Temples of the Western Provinces. The Hankyu Imazu Line, Fukuchiyama Line, and Chugoku Expressway also pass through the city. The January 1995 Southern Hyogo Prefecture earthquake caused great damage, with 116 deaths and 5,059 houses collapsing or burning down. Area: 101.80 ^km2 . Population: 225,700 (2010).

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Japanese:

兵庫県南東部，武庫川中流部の市。1954年市制。川をはさむ中心市街は奈良時代からの温泉地で，1910年箕面(みのお)有馬電気軌道（現阪急宝塚線）が開通し，新温泉と遊園地を作り，宝塚歌劇団の本拠地となってから発展。温泉は食塩泉・放射能泉，16〜30℃。植木，苗木，ダリア，アイリスなどの球根栽培が行われ，イチゴ，イモなどの観光農業も盛ん。工業団地の建設も進み，大正期からの宅地開発は現在も続き，大規模宅地開発が進んでいる。厄よけ開運の清荒神(きよしこうじん)，西国三十三所24番札所中山寺がある。阪急今津線，福知山線，中国自動車道も通じる。1995年１月の兵庫県南部地震では死者116人，倒壊・焼失家屋5059戸の大きな被害をうけた。101.80km²。22万5700人（2010）。

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