Hamada [City] - Hamada

Japanese: 浜田[市] - はまだ

A city in the west of Shimane Prefecture, facing the Sea of Japan. It was incorporated as a city in 1940. It is located on the alluvial lowland of the Hamada River, and the central city area along the San'in Main Line became the castle town of the Furuta clan, which had a fief of 50,000 koku in 1619, and has since been the center of the Iwami region. It is the end point of the Hamada Expressway. Hamada Port developed as a trading port with the continent and a port of call on the westward route, and is the prefecture's number one fishing port, with shipbuilding, canning, and kamaboko factories, a fish market, and one of the largest catches in the country. It is also a producer of Sekishu roofing tiles and furniture. There are many scenic coastal spots, including the ruins of Iwami Kokubunji Temple (historic site) and the ruins of Hamada Castle. The area around Mount Ungetsu and Mount Osa on the border with Hiroshima Prefecture belongs to the West Chugoku Mountains Quasi-National Park. In October 2005, the towns of Misumi, Asahi, Kinjo, and Yasaka in Naka District were incorporated. A specialty of Misumi Town, high-quality washi paper made from locally grown paper mulberry is known as "Sekishu-banshi" and the manufacturing technique was designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Japan in 1969. Sekishu-banshi was registered as a UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009, and in 2014 it was relisted as a UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage along with Hosokawa-shi and Honminoshi as "Washi: Japanese Handmade Papermaking Techniques". 690.66 ^km2 . 61,713 people (2010).
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島根県西部，日本海に面する市。1940年市制。浜田川の沖積低地上にあり，山陰本線に沿う中心市街は1619年古田氏５万石の城下となり，以後石見(いわみ)地方の中心。浜田自動車道の終点。浜田港は大陸との貿易港，西回り航路の寄港地として発展，県第１の漁港で造船，かん詰，かまぼこなどの工場，魚市場があり，全国有数の水揚量をほこる。石州瓦，家具の産もある。海岸景勝地が多く，石見国分寺跡（史跡），浜田城跡がある。広島県境の雲月(うんげつ)山や大佐(おおさ)山一帯は西中国山地国定公園に属する。2005年10月那賀郡三隅町，旭町，金城町，弥栄村を編入。三隅町の特産，地元産のコウゾを用いた良質の和紙は〈石州半紙〉として知られ製造技術は1969年に国の重要無形文化財に指定された。石州半紙は2009年にはユネスコの世界無形文化遺産に登録され，2014年〈和紙：日本の手漉和紙技術〉として，細川紙及び本美濃紙とともにユネスコ世界無形文化遺産に登録，再記載された。690.66km²。６万1713人（2010）。
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