Noda [city] - Noda

Japanese: 野田[市] - のだ

A city in the northwestern tip of Chiba Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1950. It occupies flat land between the Tone River and the Edo River. The city center has been a river port on the Edo River since early modern times, and developed as a producer of dark soy sauce, which was shipped all over the country. Even today, it produces about 30% of the soy sauce in the country. Since the 1960s, an industrial complex has been developed in the southern part of the city, and machinery and chemical industries have moved in. Vegetables and tobacco are produced in the surrounding area. It is connected to Ibaraki Prefecture by the Tobu Railway and Mebuki Ohashi Bridge and Sakai Ohashi Bridge. Shimizu Park, a famous cherry blossom viewing spot, is located here. In June 2003, it merged with Sekijuku Town in Higashikatsushika County. The city suffered damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. 103.55 ^km2 . 155,491 people (2010).
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Japanese:

千葉県北西端の市。1950年市制。利根川と江戸川にはさまれた平たん地を占める。中心市街は近世以来江戸川水運の河港で，濃口(こいくち)醤油産地として発達し，全国各地に輸送された。現在も全国の醤油の約３割を生産する。1960年代から，市域南部に工業団地が造成され，機械・化学工業が進出。周辺で野菜，タバコを産する。東武鉄道が通じ，茨城県とは芽吹大橋，境大橋で連絡。桜の名所清水公園がある。2003年６月，東葛飾郡関宿町と合併。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。103.55km²。15万5491人（2010）。
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