Inzai [city] - Inzai

Japanese: 印西[市] - いんざい

A city in northwestern Chiba Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1996 from Inzai Town. It spans the lowlands on the south bank of the Tone River and the Shimousa Plateau. Kinoshita, on the right bank of the Tone River, flourished in the early modern period as a river port for lumber distribution and pilgrimages to three shrines. After the Narita Line opened in the mid-Meiji period, Omori, a former post town on the Kinoshita Kaido road, developed. In 1967, it was designated as a development area for Chiba New Town, and construction has been underway. In 1991, the Hokuso Development Railway (now the Hokuso Railway) opened, and the number of commuters to Tokyo has increased sharply. In March 2010, the villages of Inba and Motono in Inba County were incorporated. The city suffered damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. 123.79 ^km2 . 88,176 people (2010).

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Japanese:

千葉県北西部の市。1996年印西町から市制。利根川南岸の低地と下総(しもうさ)台地にまたがる。利根川右岸の木下(きおろし)は近世木材集散，三社参りの河港として栄え，明治中期に成田線開通後は木下街道の旧宿場町大森が発展した。1967年千葉ニュータウンの開発区域に指定され，造成が進められてきた。1991年北総開発鉄道（現・北総鉄道）が開通，東京への通勤者が急増している。2010年３月印旛郡印旛村，本埜(もとの)村を編入。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。123.79km²。８万8176人（2010）。

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