Morioka [city] - Morioka

Japanese: 盛岡[市] - もりおか

A city in central Iwate Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1889. Tonan Village was incorporated in 1992. It is the prefectural capital. It occupies the mountainous area in the northern and eastern part of the Kitakami Basin, and the city is located at the confluence of the Kitakami River and its tributary, the Shizukuishi River. The Tohoku Main Line, Tohoku Shinkansen, and Tohoku Expressway pass through the city, and the Yamada Line and Akita Shinkansen (Tazawako Line) branch off from it. Morioka Castle (Kozukata Castle) was built by two generations of Nanbu Nobunao and Toshinao at the end of the 16th century, and the city developed as a castle town with a land area of 200,000 koku. The prefectural office was established in 1871, and it is the administrative, cultural, and transportation center of the prefecture. The value of manufactured goods shipped is 223.3 billion yen (2003), the fourth highest in the prefecture. Dairy and textile industries, traditional Nanbu iron kettles, Nanbu kiri, etc. are produced, but the tertiary industry population is high at 80% (2005), and the city has a strong tendency to be a consumer city. The Nakatsugawa River flows through the center of the city, and the central shopping district stretches from the old town in the east to the station in the west. There is Iwate University, the Tohoku Agricultural Research Center, Iwate Park (the remains of Furukata Castle), Ishiwarizakura (a natural monument), and the remains of the Kuriyagawa Fortress. In the west, Tsunagi Onsen springs spring up. The Chagu Chagu Umakko is famous. In January 2006, Tamayama Village, Iwate County, was incorporated into the city. The city suffered damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. ^{886.47 km2} . 298,348 people (2010).
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岩手県中部の市。1889年市制。1992年都南村を編入。県庁所在地。北上盆地北部と東部の山地を占め，北上川と支流雫石(しずくいし)川の合流部を中心に市街があり，東北本線，東北新幹線，東北自動車道が通じ，山田線，秋田新幹線（田沢湖線）が分岐。16世紀末南部信直，利直２代により盛岡城（不来方(こずかた)城）が築かれ，20万石の城下として発展した。1871年県庁が置かれ，県の行政・文化・交通の中心をなす。製造品出荷額は2233億円（2003）で県内４位。乳業・繊維工業，伝統的な南部鉄瓶，南部キリ等の生産が行われるが，第３次産業人口が80％（2005）と高く，消費都市的傾向が強い。中心を中津川が流れ，東部の旧市街から西部の駅方面へ中心商店街が延びる。岩手大学，東北農業研究センター，岩手公園（不来方城跡），石割桜（天然記念物），厨川柵(くりやがわのさく)跡があり，西部には繋(つなぎ)温泉がわく。チャグチャグ馬っこは有名。2006年１月岩手郡玉山村を編入。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。886.47km²。29万8348人（2010）。
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