page_title: Maibara, Shiga
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Maibara, Shiga / History
caption_attribution_description: Samegai-juku in Maibara, Shiga prefecture, Japan
context_page_description: Maibara is a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
  As of October 1, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 38,473 and a population density of 150 persons per km². The total area is 250.46 km².
context_section_description: The modern city of Maibara was established on February 14, 2005, from the merger of the towns of Maihara, Santō and Ibuki (all from in Sakata District). The adjacent town of Ōmi was merged into Maibara on October 1, 2005. The new city name was based on the name of Japan Railways' Maibara Station which many people in Japan knew as a station on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen Line.
  Maibara was struck by an F2 tornado on June 29, 2018. The tornado caused major damage to homes and injured 8 people.
caption: MaibaraCity Skyline
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