Ogose [town] - Ogose

Japanese: 越生[町] - おごせ

A town in Iruma County in central Saitama Prefecture, at the eastern foot of the Chichibu Mountains. Ogose, the town in the center, has been a market town since the Middle Ages, and flourished as a silk market during the Meiji and Taisho periods. The town is served by the Hachiko Line and the Tobu Railway Ogose Line. Yuzu and plum trees are local specialties, and the town also produces cedar, cypress and other timber, making the lumber and joinery industries thriving. The town is home to the Kuroyama Sandaki waterfalls and the Ogose plum grove. Area: 40.39 ^km2 . Population: 12,537 (2010).

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Japanese:

埼玉県中部，秩父山地東麓にある入間(いるま)郡の町。中心の越生は中世以来の市場町で，明治・大正時代には絹市が栄えた。八高線，東武鉄道越生線が通じる。ユズ，ウメを特産，スギ，ヒノキなど木材も産し製材，建具工業が盛ん。黒山三滝，越生梅林がある。40.39km²。１万2537人（2010）。

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