Akashi [city] - Akashi

Japanese: 明石[市] - あかし

A city in southern Hyogo Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1919. The central city faces the Akashi Strait, and in the Edo period it developed as a castle town of the Ogasawara clan with 100,000 koku of rice, and as a post town on the Sanyo Road. Before the war, the aircraft and steel industries developed, but suffered great damage during the war. After the war, the manufacture of agricultural and industrial equipment became popular, and heavy industry moved in as part of the Harima coastal industrial zone. Nori farming is also popular along the coast in the winter. Residential development has been remarkable as the area is within commuting distance of Osaka and Kobe. Akashi Park, the remains of Akashi Castle, the Japan Standard Time Meridian (135° East longitude) sign, and the Astronomical Science Museum are located here. A ferry boat connects the city to Awaji Island, and the city is served by the Sanyo Main Line, Shinkansen, Sanyo Electric Railway, and Akashi-Hime Highway. This is where the Akashi Man fossils were discovered. The January 1995 Southern Hyogo Prefecture earthquake killed eight people and destroyed or burned down 5,590 houses. The area is 49.42 ^km2 . The population was 290,959 (2010).
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Japanese:

兵庫県南部の市。1919年市制。中心市街は明石海峡に臨み，江戸時代には小笠原氏10万石の城下町，山陽道の宿場町として発達。戦前は航空機・鉄鋼工業などが発展したが，戦災で大被害を受けた。戦後，農機具・工業用機器の製造が盛んとなり，また播磨臨海工業地帯の一部として重工業が進出した。沿岸での冬場のノリ養殖も盛ん。大阪，神戸への通勤圏として宅地化も著しい。明石城跡の明石公園，日本標準時子午線（東経135°）の標識，天文科学館がある。淡路島との間をフェリーボートが連絡，山陽本線・新幹線，山陽電鉄，明姫幹線道路が通じる。明石原人の化石の出土地。1995年１月の兵庫県南部地震では死者８人，倒壊・焼失家屋5590戸の被害をうけた。49.42km²。29万959人（2010）。
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