Otaru [city] - Otaru

Japanese: 小樽[市] - おたる

A city in central Hokkaido. It was incorporated as a city in 1922. It faces Ishikari Bay and is connected to the Hakodate Main Line, and the Sasson Expressway was opened in 1992. It developed as a coal shipping port for the Ishikari coalfields, and prospered through exports of seafood and miscellaneous grains, as well as trade with Sakhalin and the continent. In addition to a large canning factory, there are rubber, vehicle, oil, and paper factories. The city's seafood catches include cod, Atka mackerel, flounder, and mackerel. After World War II, the economic situation changed, and the center of the prefecture moved to Sapporo. The city area spreads from the coastal road to the mountain slopes, and there are many hills. Zenibako in the east was once a prosperous area for herring fishing, and Ranshima Beach and Oshoro Beach in the west belong to the Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Coast National Park. There are tourist attractions such as Temiya Cave (historic site), Otaru Port Marina, and the stone warehouses around the Otaru Canal. Area: 243.83 ^km2 . Population: 131,928 (2010).
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北海道中央部の市。1922年市制。石狩湾に面し函館本線が通じ，1992年には札樽自動車道が開通した。石狩炭田の石炭積出港として発達，海産物や雑穀の輸出および樺太（サハリン）や大陸との交易で栄えた。大規模な製缶(せいかん)工場のほか，ゴム・車両・製油・製紙工場がある，海産物としてはタラ，ホッケ，カレイ，サバなどの漁獲が多い。第２次大戦後，経済情勢などが変わり，道の中心地は札幌市に移った。市街地は海岸通りから山の斜面に広がり，坂道が多い。東部の銭函(ぜにばこ)はかつてニシン漁で栄えた地，西部の蘭島(らんしま)海水浴場，忍路(おしょろ)海岸はニセコ積丹(しゃこたん)小樽海岸国定公園に属する。手宮洞窟（史跡）のほか小樽港マリーナ，小樽運河周辺の石造倉庫群などの観光地がある。243.83km²。13万1928人（2010）。
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