Matsuzaka

Matsuzaka

Japan
      city, Mie ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, facing Ise Bay. It was a castle town and commercial centre during the Tokugawa era (1603–1867), when cotton spinning was introduced there. Agricultural products of the surrounding Ise-wan plain include rice, wheat, sweet potatoes, and tea. The city's modern industries produce glass, electrical machinery, ships, and yarn. Matsuzaka is well known in Japan for its production of beef cattle, and mulberries are grown for sericulture (silkworm raising). Points of historic interest include the 17th-century castle and the home of the eminent scholar and poet Motoori Norinaga (1730–1801). Pop. (2005) 168,973.

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