Ueda [city] - Ueda

Japanese: 上田[市] - うえだ

The city occupies the Ueda Basin and surrounding mountain areas in the Chikuma River basin in the central-northern part of Nagano Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1919. After the castle was built by Sanada Masayuki in 1583, the city center developed as a castle town and a post town on the Hokkoku Kaido road, and was known for Ueda Tsumugi silk in the early modern period. The city is served by the Hokuriku Shinkansen, the third-sector Shinano Railway, and the Ueda Electric Railway, and until the early Showa period when the Joshinetsu Expressway opened in November 1996, the collection and distribution of cocoons and the silkworm egg industry were thriving, but they have now decreased and the electrical equipment, transportation equipment, and general machinery industries are growing rapidly. The city is rich in Chinese cabbage, cabbage, apples, and walnuts. The Ueda Factory of Japan Tobacco, the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology of Shinshu University, the ruins of Ueda Castle (historic site), and the ruins of Shinano Kokubunji Temple (historic site) are located here. The prefecture is blessed with tourist attractions such as Bessho Onsen, known as the Kamakura of Shinshu, at the end of the Ueda Electric Railway line, Uchimura Onsen in the south, and Sugadaira, known as a skiing mecca in the north. In March 2006, Sanada Town, Maruko Town, and Takeshi Village in Ogata County were incorporated. Area: 552.04 ^km2 . Population: 159,597 (2010).
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Japanese:

長野県中北部，千曲(ちくま)川流域の上田盆地及び周辺山地を占める市。1919年市制。中心市街は1583年真田昌幸の築城後，城下町，北国街道の宿場町として発達，近世上田紬(つむぎ)の産で知られた。北陸新幹線，第三セクターしなの鉄道，上田電鉄が通じ，1996年11月上信越自動車道が開通した昭和初期まで繭の集散，蚕種業が盛んであったが，現在は減少し，電気機器，輸送用機器，一般機器工業が急成長している。ハクサイ，キャベツ，リンゴ，クルミを多産。日本たばこ上田工場，信州大学繊維学部，上田城跡（史跡），信濃国分寺跡（史跡）がある。上田電鉄の終点に信州の鎌倉といわれる別所温泉があるほか，南部には内村温泉郷，北部にはスキーのメッカとして知られる菅平があるなど，観光資源に恵まれる。2006年３月小県郡真田町，丸子町，武石村を編入。552.04km²。15万9597人（2010）。
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