Hiro - Hiro (English spelling) Hilo

Japanese: ヒロ - ひろ(英語表記)Hilo
Hiro - Hiro (English spelling) Hilo

It is the second largest city in the state of Hawaii, USA, and faces Hilo Bay on the east coast of the Big Island. It has a population of 40,759 (2000). It is an important market and distribution center for harvested agricultural products, with large-scale cultivation of sugarcane, macadamia nuts, coffee beans, papaya, and other fruits, as well as orchids, and its port is always bustling. It is also important as a base city for tourist and recreational destinations such as Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and tourism is a major industry alongside sugarcane cultivation. The town was founded as a missionary site around 1820, and became a city in 1911. It has a large Japanese population. It is famous for the Lyman Museum, which has a collection of 19th century folk tools.

[Kazuyo Sakuno]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アメリカ合衆国、ハワイ州、ハワイ島東岸、ヒロ湾に臨む同州第二の都市。人口4万0759(2000)。サトウキビを中心にマカダミア・ナッツ、コーヒー豆やパパイヤなどの果物、ランなどの花の大規模栽培を行っており、収穫された農産物の市場・集散地として重要なため、港はつねに活気を呈する。また、ハワイ・ボルケーノズ国立公園など観光・行楽地の拠点都市としても重要で、観光産業はサトウキビ栽培と並ぶ主要産業となっている。1820年ごろ布教地として町が開かれ、1911年より市制が施行された。日系住民が多い。19世紀の民具などを集めたライマン博物館が有名。

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