Hagi [city] - Hagi

Japanese: 萩[市] - はぎ

Hagi City is located in central Yamaguchi Prefecture, facing the Sea of Japan. It was incorporated as a city in 1923. It is served by the San'in Main Line, and includes the Muto Islands, including Oshima, Mishima, and Sabashima. Located on the Abu River delta, the city was the political center of both Suo and Nagato provinces after Mori Terumoto built a castle on Mt. Shizuki (a natural monument) in 1600, and it produced many patriots during the late Edo period. The remains of the castle town (historic sites) are well preserved in Gofukumachi and other areas, including the remains of Hagi Castle, Shokasonjuku, Yubikan, the former home of Kido Takayoshi, and the former home of Ito Hirobumi (all historic sites). Meirinkan was the domain school of the Hagi domain. The main industry is tourism, but the development of a high-speed transportation network has lagged behind, and the number of tourists has been declining in recent years. It has a good port and is a thriving seafood processing area, with Natsumikan mandarins, Hagi ware, and bamboo products being its specialties. The coast and the Muto Islands belong to the Kita-Nagato Coast Quasi-National Park. In March 2005, the town of Tamanagawa, the town of Susa, the villages of Asahi, Fukuei, Kawakami, and Mutsumi in Abu County were incorporated. The area ^{is 698.31 km2} . In 2015, the castle town was registered as a World Heritage Site as one of the constituent assets of the "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding, and Coal Mining." The population was 53,747 (2010).

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Japanese:

山口県中部，日本海に面する市。1923年市制。山陰本線が通じ，大島，見島，鯖島などの六島諸島を含む。阿武川三角州上にある市街は1600年毛利輝元が指月(しづき)山（天然記念物）に築城して以後周防(すおう)・長門両国の政治中心をなし，幕末には多くの志士を輩出した。城下町の遺構（史跡）が呉服町などによく保たれ，萩城跡，松下村塾，有備館，木戸孝允旧宅，伊藤博文旧宅（いずれも史跡）がある。明倫館は萩藩の藩校。産業の中心は観光だが，高速交通網の整備の立ち遅れで，近年は観光客が減少傾向にある。良港をもち水産加工が盛んで，ナツミカン，萩焼，竹製品を特産。海岸と六島諸島などは北長門海岸国定公園に属する。2005年３月阿武郡田万川町，須佐町，旭村，福栄村，川上村，むつみ村を編入。698.31km²。城下町は2015年，〈明治日本の産業革命遺産　製鉄・製鋼，造船，石炭産業〉の構成資産の１つとして世界文化遺産に登録。５万3747人（2010）。

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