Matsudo [city] - Matsudo

Japanese: 松戸[市] - まつど

A city in northwestern Chiba Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1943. It straddles the alluvial plain on the left bank of the Edogawa River and the Shimousa Plateau. It borders Katsushika Ward in Tokyo and Misato City in Saitama Prefecture across the Edogawa River. The city center has flourished since early modern times as a post town on the Mito Kaido (Rikuzenhama Kaido) road, a market town, and a riverside area for Edogawa shipping. Since the Meiji era, it has developed as a residential satellite city of Tokyo, and houses and factories have increased in the rural areas that were once rich in vegetables. Especially since around 1960, the development of housing complexes and industrial complexes has progressed, and industries such as metals, food, and machinery have flourished. The city is served by the Joban Line, Shin-Keisei Electric Railway, Ryutetsu, Tobu Railway, Musashino Line, and Hokuso Railway. It is home to the Chiba University Horticulture Department and Yabashira Cemetery. The city suffered damage during the Great East Japan Earthquake. 61.38 km ² . 484,457 people (2010).

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Japanese:

千葉県北西部の市。1943年市制。江戸川左岸の沖積平野と下総(しもうさ)台地にまたがる。江戸川をはさんで東京都葛飾区，埼玉県三郷(みさと)市に接する。中心市街は近世以来水戸街道（陸前浜街道）の宿場町，市場町，江戸川舟運の河岸場として栄えた。明治以降は東京都の住宅衛星都市として発展し，かつて野菜多産地であった農村部にも住宅，工場が増加した。とくに1960年ころから住宅団地や工業団地の造成も進んで，金属，食品，機械などの工業が盛んとなった。常磐線，新京成電鉄，流鉄，東武鉄道，武蔵野線，北総鉄道が通じる。千葉大学園芸学部，八柱霊園がある。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。61.38km²。48万4457人（2010）。

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