Okaya [city] - Okaya

Japanese: 岡谷[市] - おかや

A city in central Nagano Prefecture. Established as a city in 1936. It is located on the northwest shore of Lake Suwa, at the mouth of the Tenryu River. The central city area on the Suwa Basin has rapidly developed as a silk-reeling city since the introduction of mechanized silk-reeling in the early Meiji period. After World War II, the silk-reeling industry declined, and instead precision machinery such as clocks, cameras, and music boxes, as well as general machinery and electrical machinery industries, rapidly developed, accounting for more than 70% of the city's manufactured goods shipments (2003). It is also the largest producer of Shinshu miso. The Chuo Main Line runs through the city, and in the 1980s it became a junction for the Chuo Expressway and Nagano Expressway. 85.10 ^km2 . 52,841 people (2010).
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長野県中部の市。1936年市制。諏訪湖の北西岸，天竜川の出口に位置する。諏訪盆地上の中心市街は明治初期機械製糸を取り入れて以来，製糸都市として急速に発展。第２次大戦後製糸業は衰微，代わって時計，カメラ，オルゴールなどの精密機械や，一般機器，電気機器工業が急速に発展し，市の製造品出荷額の７割以上（2003）を占めている。信州みその最大生産地でもある。中央本線が通じ，1980年代には中央自動車道，長野自動車道の分岐点となった。85.10km²。５万2841人（2010）。
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