Funabashi [city] - Funabashi

Japanese: 船橋[市] - ふなばし

A city in northwestern Chiba Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1937. It spreads from the coast of Tokyo Bay to the western part of the Shimousa Plateau. During the Edo period, the city center prospered as a temple town for Funabashi Daijingu Shrine and as a post town where the Chiba Kaido and Narita Kaido roads met. Since the early Showa period, it has developed into a residential city of Tokyo with the electrification of the Sobu Main Line, and especially after World War II, huge housing estates were built inland, causing a rapid increase in population. The reclaimed coastal land is part of the Keiyo Industrial Area, and is home to food, steel, and other industries. Its manufactured goods shipments amounted to 549.1 billion yen (2003), ranking sixth in the prefecture. In 1981, the large shopping center LaLaport opened on the reclaimed land, and has become very popular. Nakayama Racecourse and Funabashi Racecourse are located in the city, and the city is served by the Keisei Electric Railway, Shin-Keisei Electric Railway, Tobu Noda Line, Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, Hokuso Railway, Toyo Rapid Railway, JR Musashino Line, Keiyo Line, and the Bayshore Route. The city suffered damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. ^{85.62 km2} . 609,040 people (2010).
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Japanese:

千葉県北西部の市。1937年市制。東京湾岸から下総(しもうさ)台地西部に広がる。中心市街は江戸時代には船橋大神宮の門前町および千葉街道・成田街道の合流する宿場町として繁栄。昭和初期以後は総武本線の電化に伴い東京の住宅都市として発展，特に第２次世界大戦後は内陸に巨大な住宅団地が造成され人口が激増した。海岸埋立地は京葉工業地域の一環をなし，食品，鉄鋼などの工業が立地，製造品出荷額で5491億円（2003）を上げ，県内６位に位置する。また埋立地には1981年大型ショッピングセンター〈ららぽーと〉が開業し，人気を集めている。中山競馬場，船橋競馬場などがあり，京成電鉄，新京成電鉄，東武野田線，地下鉄東西線，北総鉄道線，東葉高速鉄道線，JR武蔵野線・京葉線，湾岸道路が通じる。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。85.62km²。60万9040人（2010）。
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