Matsusaka [city] - Matsusaka

Japanese: 松阪[市] - まつさか

A city in central Mie Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1933. The eastern part of the city is the Ise Plain, where the Kushida River and other rivers flow, and faces Ise Bay. The central city developed as a castle town after Gamo Ujisato built Matsusaka Castle in 1588, and during the Edo period it became part of the Kishu Wakayama Domain. It was a post town on the Sangu Kaido road and a commercial town for Matsusaka merchants dealing in Matsusaka cotton. In addition to the textile industry that emerged in the mid-Meiji period, lumber and woodworking are also carried out, and in the 1960s, industrial parks for chemicals, machinery, etc. were established in the coastal and inland areas, and in 1994 the Matsusaka Core Industrial Park also began operations. The city is served by the Kisei Main Line, Meisho Line, Kintetsu Yamada Line, Osaka Line, Nagoya Line, and the Ise Expressway. Rice farming, vegetable and tea cultivation, and Matsusaka beef farming are thriving in the surrounding area. The castle ruins are Matsusaka Park. Within the park are the former home of Motoori Norinaga (special historic site), his grave (historic site), and Takarazuka Kofun (historic site). The old streetscape has been preserved, and there is also a history and folklore museum. The area around Kahada Gorge upstream of the Kushida River belongs to Muro-Akame Aoyama Quasi-National Park. In January 2005, Ureshino Town, Mikumo Town, Iinan Town, and Iitaka Town in Ichishi County were incorporated. 623.66 ^km2 . Population: 168,017 (2010).
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Japanese:

三重県中部の市。1933年市制。東部は櫛田川などが流れる伊勢平野部で，伊勢湾に面する。中心市街は1588年蒲生氏郷の松阪城築城以来城下町として発達，江戸時代には紀州和歌山藩領となり，参宮街道の宿場町，松阪木綿を扱う松阪商人の商業町でもあった。明治中期に興った繊維工業のほか製材・木工業も行われ，1960年代に臨海部や内陸部に化学，機械などの工業団地が立地，1994年松阪中核工業団地も操業を開始した。紀勢本線，名松線，近鉄山田線・大阪線・名古屋線，伊勢自動車道が通じる。周辺では米作，野菜・茶栽培，松阪牛飼育が盛ん。城跡は松阪公園。園内に本居宣長旧宅（特別史跡），本居宣長の墓（史跡），宝塚古墳（史跡）がある。古い町並みの景観が保存されており，歴史民俗資料館もある。櫛田川上流の香肌(かはだ)峡一帯は室生赤目青山国定公園に属する。2005年１月一志郡嬉野町，三雲町，飯南郡飯南町，飯高町を編入。623.66km²。16万8017人（2010）。
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