Yamagata [city] - Yamagata

Japanese: 山形[市] - やまがた

Yamagata City is located in the southeast of Yamagata Prefecture, occupying the southern part of the Yamagata Basin and the surrounding mountainous areas. It was incorporated as a city in 1889 and is the prefectural capital. The city center developed on the alluvial fan of Mamigasaki River, and since the Middle Ages it has developed as a castle town and a post station where the three main roads of Ushu, Rokujirigoe, and Sasaya intersect. It was also known as a place where safflowers were collected and distributed, and where paulownia paper and Japanese umbrellas were produced. The Ou Main Line (Yamagata Shinkansen), Yamagata Expressway, National Routes 13 and 48 pass through the city, and the Senzan Line and Aterazawa Line branch off from it. Shopping districts are formed around Nanokamachi and Tokamachi. There is an industrial park on the Tachiyagawa River, where castings with a history of about 900 years, metal machinery, electrical equipment, precision machinery, and other products are produced, and the city is second in the prefecture in terms of the value of manufactured goods shipped (2003). Rice, hops, grapes, and cherries are cultivated, and livestock such as Yamagata beef is also thriving. The city has Zao Onsen, famous for skiing and frost-covered trees, in the southeast, and Yamadera in the northeast. The Great East Japan Earthquake caused damage in the city. 381.30 ^km2 . 254,244 people (2010). →Yamagata Domain→Related topics Yamagata [Prefecture] | Yamagata University

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Japanese:

山形県南東部，山形盆地南部と周辺の山地を占める市。1889年市制。県庁所在地。中心市街は馬見ヶ崎(まみがさき)川扇状地に発達，中世以後城下町，羽州・六十里越・笹谷３街道が交わる宿駅として発展，ベニバナの集散，桐紙や和傘の産地としても知られた。奥羽本線（山形新幹線），山形自動車道，国道13，48号線などが通じ，仙山線，左沢(あてらざわ)線が分岐し，七日町，十日町を中心に商店街が形成されている。立谷川には工業団地があり，約900年の歴史をもつ鋳物や，金属機械，電気機器，精密機械などの生産が行われ，製造品出荷額で県内２位（2003）を占めている。米作，ホップ，ブドウ，サクランボの栽培のほか山形牛などの畜産も盛ん。市域には南東部にスキーと樹氷で有名な蔵王温泉，北東部に山寺がある。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。381.30km²。25万4244人（2010）。→山形藩
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