Omiya [city] - Omiya

Japanese: 大宮[市] - おおみや

An old city in the southeastern part of Saitama Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1940. The central part is the Omiya Plateau, the eastern part is the Ayase River, and the southwest part is the lowlands of the Arakawa River. The central city in the center of the plateau was the location of the ancient Musashi provincial capital, and was a temple town of Hikawa Shrine, Ichinomiya, Musashi Province. In the early modern period, it developed as a post town on the Nakasendo road. It became a transportation city with the opening of the Tohoku Main Line in 1885 and the establishment of the Tobu Railway Materials Factory (now the JR Omiya Factory) in 1895, and developed as a satellite city of Tokyo with the electrification of the Keihin-Tohoku Line. It is also a junction of the Tohoku and Joetsu Shinkansen lines, and the Takasaki, Kawagoe, Saikyo, and Tobu Noda lines pass through the city. Before World War II, industry was mainly silk reeling and transportation machinery, but since the 1960s, industrial parks have been developed and chemicals, precision equipment, general equipment, etc. are thriving. Since the late 1980s, the city has been developed around Omiya Station, with the development of JACK Omiya and Sonic City, and the suburbs have been rapidly developing into residential areas. Hikawa Shrine, Omiya Park, and Bonsai Town, famous for bonsai cultivation, are located to the north. In May 2001, Saitama merged with Urawa City and Yono City to form the city of Saitama. 89.37 ^km2 . Population: 456,164 (2000).
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Japanese:

埼玉県南東部の旧市。1940年市制。中部は大宮台地で，東部は綾瀬川，南西部は荒川の低地。台地中央部の中心市街は古代武蔵国府の所在地で，武蔵国一宮氷川(ひかわ)神社の門前町であった。近世は中山道の宿場町として発達。1885年の東北本線開通，1895年の東部鉄道諸材料工場（現JR大宮工場）設置により交通都市となり，京浜東北線の電化で東京の衛星都市としても発展した。高崎線，川越線，埼京線，東武野田線なども通じ，東北，上越両新幹線の分岐点でもある。工業は第２次世界大戦前は製糸と輸送用機械を主としていたが，1960年代以降工業団地が造成され，化学，精密機器，一般機器などが盛んである。1980年代後半よりJACK大宮，ソニックシティなど，大宮駅を中心とする市街地の整備，郊外の住宅地化が著しい。氷川神社，大宮公園，その北に盆栽栽培で有名な盆栽町がある。2001年５月浦和市，与野市と合併してさいたま市となる。89.37km²。45万6164人（2000）。
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