Ujiie [town] - Ujiie

Japanese: 氏家[町] - うじいえ

Sakura is an old town in Shioya County in central Tochigi Prefecture. It occupies flat land on the east bank of the midstream Kinu River. The city center was a post town on the Oshu Kaido road during the Edo period, and the Tohoku Main Line runs through it. Kami-Akutsu in the southwest prospered as the terminus of Kinu River shipping. It is a plentiful rice producing town, and factories have been built there, so production is increasing. In March 2005, it merged with Kiryugawa Town in Shioya County to become a city, named Sakura City. ^Area 49.99 km2. Population 29,607 (2003).

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Japanese:

栃木県中部，塩谷(しおや)郡の旧町。鬼怒(きぬ)川中流東岸の平地を占める。中心市街は江戸時代の奥州街道の宿場町で，東北本線が通じる。南西部の上阿久津は鬼怒川舟運の終点として栄えた。米を多産，工場も建造され，生産額は増加している。2005年３月塩谷郡喜連川町と合併し市制，さくら市となる。49.99km²。２万9607人（2003）。

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