Maruko - Maruko

Japanese: 丸子 - まるこ

This is the former area of Ueda City in the central-southern part of eastern Nagano Prefecture. It is located on the eastern slope of the Chikuma Mountains and borders the southern part of the Ueda Basin. It was incorporated as a town in 1912. In 1954, Higashiuchi Village and Nishiuchi Village were incorporated, in 1955 Nagase Village and Yoda Village, and in 1956 Shiokawa Village were incorporated. In 2006, it was merged with Ueda City, Sanada Town, and Takeishi Village to form Ueda City. The place name comes from the estate of the Maruko clan, who held sway in this area. The central settlement, Maruko, is located at the mouth of the Yoda River, a tributary of the Chikuma River. It is known as the place where Minamoto no Yoshinaka raised his flag in the Middle Ages. The silk industry was thriving from the mid-Meiji period, but after World War II, industrialization progressed, centering on spinning, machinery, and metals. The rural areas focus on rice farming, but also on vegetable and floriculture. The Misaiyama Tunnel in the west leads to Matsumoto City. Maruko Onsen Village, which includes Reisenji Onsen and Kakeyu Onsen, is popular with visitors who come for hot spring treatments. There are Tobayama Cave (a nationally designated historic site) and Hojuji Temple (the Kokuzodo Hall is a nationally designated important cultural property), and the weeping Japanese hackberry trees in the eastern area and the weeping chestnut trees in the western area are both designated as national natural monuments. Part of the area belongs to the Yatsugatake Chushin Highlands Quasi-National Park.

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Japanese:

長野県東部，上田市中南部の旧町域。筑摩山地東斜面に位置し，上田盆地の南部に接する。 1912年町制。 1954年東内村，西内村，1955年長瀬村，依田村，さらに 1956年には塩川村をそれぞれ編入。 2006年上田市，真田町，武石村と合体して上田市となった。地名はこの地に勢力をもっていた丸子氏の荘園に由来する。中心集落の丸子は千曲川支流の依田川の谷口に位置する。中世の源義仲旗揚げの地として知られる。明治中期から製糸業が盛んであったが，第2次世界大戦後は紡績，機械金属を中心に工業化が進展。農村部は米作を中心に野菜，花卉園芸にも力を入れている。西部の三才山トンネルで松本市に抜ける。霊泉寺温泉，鹿教湯温泉などの丸子温泉郷は湯治客が多い。鳥羽山洞窟 (国指定史跡) ，法住寺 (虚空蔵堂は国指定重要文化財) などがあり，東内のシダレエノキ，西内のシダレグリ自生地はともに国の天然記念物に指定。一部は八ヶ岳中信高原国定公園に属する。

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