Ueno

Japanese: 上野 - うえの

The former city area of Iga City, in the northwest of Mie Prefecture. It is located at the confluence of the Tsuge River and the Hattori River, almost in the center of the Ueno Basin. In 1941, seven towns and villages, including Ueno Town, merged to form a city. Between 1950 and 1957, parts of Fuchu Village, Inoda Village, Tomoe Village, Nakase Village, Hanagaki Village, Yinako Village, Hiziki Village, Maruhashira Village, Kobe Village, and Furuyama Village were incorporated. In 2004, Iga City was formed by merging with Iga Town, Shimagahara Village, Ayama Town, Oyamada Village, and Aoyama Town. Ueno, the central city area, has long been a strategic military and economic location, and in 1608, Todo Takatora took possession of the area, and in 1613, Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered the extensive renovation and expansion of Ueno Castle (the castle ruins are a nationally designated historic site) and the opening of the castle town. The area is centered on agriculture, and has traditional industries such as sake brewing, braided cords, Japanese umbrellas, and Iga ware. Along the Meihan National Highway, there are factories producing electrical parts, textiles, and food products. In the eastern part of the city, there are the ruins of Iga Kokubunji Temple (a nationally designated historic site), as well as many other shrines listed in the Shikinai-in (regularly designated) such as Gankoku Shrine, and there are also Gohakayama Kofun, the ruins of Chorakusan Temple, and Sukodo (all nationally designated historic sites). This is the birthplace of Matsuo Basho, and is home to his birthplace, the Haiseiden, which houses his belongings, and Minomushi-an, the hut of his disciple Hattori Toyoshi. It is also known as the base of the Iga ninja (→Igamono), who worked as secret agents for the Edo Shogunate, and the Hyakuchi Fort and ninja residences remain to this day. Kagiyanotsuji is the site of Araki Mataemon's revenge at Igagoe. Takakura Shrine and Shibunashigaya at Kagoji Temple in the northwest are national natural monuments.

Ueno

The general name for the area around Ueno Onshi Park, Shinobazu Pond, and Ueno Hirokoji in the western part of Taito Ward, Tokyo. During the Edo period, it developed with the construction of Kan'ei-ji Temple, the mausoleum of the Tokugawa family. After the Meiji Restoration, the temple grounds were opened to the public as Ueno Park, and in 1924, it was donated by the Imperial Household Ministry to the city of Tokyo and renamed Ueno Onshi Park. Cultural and educational facilities such as the Tokyo National Museum, the National Museum of Nature and Science, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno Zoo, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, the National Museum of Western Art, and Tokyo University of the Arts are concentrated here. The area from Ueno Station to Hirokoji is a popular downtown area on a par with Asakusa. There are inns, restaurants, and clothing stores lined up. Benzaiten at Shinobazu Pond is famous as an object of worship for the common people. There are many traditional Japanese restaurants and restaurants along the lake. JR Ueno Station was the starting point for trains on the Tohoku Main Line, Joban Line, Takasaki Line, and Joshinetsu Line, and was the northern gateway to Tokyo, but its role changed with the opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen and Joetsu Shinkansen lines between Tokyo and Ueno.

Ueno

This area occupies the northern half of Tokai City in western Aichi Prefecture. It borders Nagoya City to the north by the Tenpaku River, and rice and vegetables such as butterbur and tomatoes were once cultivated on the alluvial plains along the Tenpaku River and the coastal lowlands in the west. After World War II, reclaimed land was developed in the southern Nagoya coastal industrial area, and the first steelworks with integrated pig iron and steel production in the Chukyo Industrial Area was built there. A dispute arose over the administrative ownership of the land, and in 1969 the area was merged with Yokosuka Town to the south to form Tokai City. Currently, the mandarin orange fields in the hills are being converted into housing, and rice and vegetables such as onions are grown in the lowlands.

Ueno

This is a former village area in the southern part of Miyakojima City, in the western part of Okinawa Prefecture. It is located in the southern part of Miyakojima. It was established in 1948 when part of Shimoji Village separated. In 2005, it was merged with Hirara City, Gusukube Town, Shimoji Town, and Irabu Town to form Miyakojima City. It consists of four districts: Ueno, Nohara, Niisato, and Miyaguni. Sugarcane and tobacco are cultivated, and beef cattle are raised. The coastal waters are filled with coral reefs, and the story of the rescue of a German shipwrecked off the coast of Miyaguni (1873) is known as a tale of philanthropy, and a monument to this story stands on the coast. In order to revitalize the area, a German Cultural Village was opened in 1993.

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Japanese:

三重県北西部，伊賀市中西部の旧市域。上野盆地のほぼ中央，柘植川と服部川の合流点に位置する。 1941年上野町など7町村が合体して市制。 1950～57年，府中村，猪田村，友生村，中瀬村の一部，花垣村，依那古村，比自岐村，丸柱村の一部，神戸村，古山村の一部を編入。 2004年伊賀町，島ヶ原村，阿山町，大山田村，青山町と合体して伊賀市となった。中心市街地の上野は古くから軍事，経済上の要地で，慶長 13 (1608) 年藤堂高虎が入封，同 16年徳川家康の命により上野城 (城跡は国指定史跡) を大幅に改修，拡充し，城下町を開いた。農業を中心に酒造業や，組紐，和傘，伊賀焼などの伝統工業がある。名阪国道沿いには電機部品，繊維，食料品などの工場が立地。東部に伊賀国分寺跡 (国指定史跡) があるほか敢国神社など式内社が多く，御墓山古墳，長楽山廃寺跡，崇広堂 (以上国指定史跡) などもある。松尾芭蕉の出身地で，生家，遺品を集めた俳聖殿，高弟服部土芳の草庵である蓑虫庵がある。また江戸幕府の隠密として活躍した伊賀忍者 (→伊賀者 ) の拠点としても知られ，現在も百地砦，忍者屋敷が残る。鍵屋ノ辻は荒木又右衛門の伊賀越仇討ちの地。北西部にある高倉神社と果号寺のシブナシガヤは国の天然記念物。

上野
うえの

東京都台東区西部にある上野恩賜公園，不忍池，上野広小路付近一帯の総称。江戸時代徳川家の廟所寛永寺の建立により発展。寺域は明治維新後上野公園として開放され，1924年に宮内省から東京市に下賜され上野恩賜公園と改称された。東京国立博物館，国立科学博物館，東京都美術館，上野動物園，東京文化会館，国立西洋美術館，東京芸術大学などの文化・教育諸施設が集中。上野駅周辺から広小路にかけては浅草と並ぶ庶民的繁華街。旅館，食堂，衣料店などが並ぶ。不忍池の弁財天は庶民信仰の対象として有名。湖畔には料亭，料理店が立地。JR上野駅は東北本線，常磐線，高崎線，上信越線などの列車の起点で東京の北玄関となっていたが，東北新幹線や上越新幹線の東京―上野間の開業によりその役割が代わった。

上野
うえの

愛知県西部，東海市の北半分を占める地区。北は天白川で名古屋市と境し，かつては天白川沿いの沖積地と西部の海岸低地で米作とフキ，トマトなどの野菜栽培が行われていた。第2次世界大戦後，名古屋南部臨海工業地域の埋立て地が造成され，中京工業地域最初の銑鋼一貫作業の製鉄所が立地した。またその用地の行政的帰属問題で紛糾し，1969年に南の横須賀町と合体して東海市が成立。現在丘陵地のミカン畑は宅地化が進み，低地では米作のほかタマネギなどの野菜栽培が行われている。

上野
うえの

沖縄県西部，宮古島市南部の旧村域。宮古島の南部にある。 1948年下地村の一部が分離して成立。 2005年平良市，城辺町，下地町，伊良部町と合体して宮古島市となる。上野，野原，新里，宮国の4地区からなる。サトウキビ，タバコ栽培と肉用牛飼育が行なわれる。近海はサンゴ礁の暗礁が多く，宮国沖合いでドイツ遭難船を救助 (1873) した話は博愛美談として知られ，海岸にその記念碑がある。地域活性化のため，1993年ドイツ文化村が開設された。

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