Yuki [city] - Yuki

Japanese: 結城[市] - ゆうき

A city in western Ibaraki Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1954. It occupies the alluvial lowlands of the middle reaches of the Kinugawa River. The city center has developed as a castle town and market town since the Middle Ages, and is served by the Mito Line Route 4 Bypass and Route 50. Silkworm farming has been popular in the surrounding farming areas since ancient times, and Yuki Tsumugi silk, which developed as a side business, is famous. Main roads have been developed, and industrial parks have been created where electronic, electrical, and machine factories have set up shop. Food processing industries such as kiri chests are also carried out. The city center has a historic streetscape that retains the original form of a castle town, and many famous temples built in the late Middle Ages are located in the surrounding area, making it known as a "city of history." The city suffered damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. 65.76 ^km2 . 52,494 people (2010).

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Japanese:

茨城県西部の市。1954年市制。鬼怒川中流の沖積低地を占める。中心市街は中世以来城下町，市場町として発達，水戸線国道４号バイパス・50号が通じる。付近の農村では古くから養蚕業が盛んで，副業として発達した結城紬(つむぎ)は有名。幹線道路の整備が進み，工業団地が造成されて電子，電気，機械などの工場が進出している。食品，キリだんすなどの加工工業も行われる。市街地には城下町の原形を残す歴史的街並，周辺には中世末建立の多くの名刹があって，〈歴史のまち〉として知られる。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。65.76km²。５万2494人（2010）。

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