nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: April 1, 1951: Kutsukawa-mura, Tonosho-mura, Terada-mura, and Aotani-mura in Tsuzuki-gun were merged to form Joyo-cho.
Japanese: 1951年（昭和26年）4月1日-久津川村・富野荘村・寺田村が綴喜郡青谷村と合併し、城陽町が発足。
English: October 1, 1954: Sayama-mura and Mimaki-mura were merged to form Kumiyama-cho.
Japanese: 1954年（昭和29年）10月1日-佐山村・御牧村が合併し、久御山町が発足。
English: May 5, 1972: By implementing the shisei (grant of city status), Joyo-cho became Joyo City and was separated from the gun (district) system.
Japanese: 1972年（昭和47年）5月5日-城陽町が市制施行し、城陽市となり郡より離脱。
English: April 10, 1879: Based on the Gun-ku-cho-son henseiho (Counties, Wards, Towns, and Villages Organization Code), Soraku district office was established in Kizu-mura.
Japanese: 1879年（明治12年）4月10日-郡区町村編制法に基づき木津村に相楽郡役所を設置。
English: April 1, 1889: As a result of the enactment of the chosonsei (Town and Village System Law), nineteen villages were established in Soraku-gun.
Japanese: 1889年（明治22年）4月1日-町村制施行に伴い、相楽郡に19の村が成立する。
English: November 22, 1893: By implementing the chosei (grant of township), Kizu-mura became Kizu-cho.
Japanese: 1893年（明治26年）11月22日-木津村が町制施行し木津町となる。
English: February 11, 1928: By implementing the chosei, Kamo-mura became Kamo-cho (Kyoto Prefecture).
Japanese: 1928年（昭和3年）2月11日-加茂村が町制施行し加茂町(京都府)となる。
English: October 1, 1931: Komada-mura, Hosono-mura, and Inada-mura were merged to form Kawanishi-mura.
Japanese: 1931年（昭和6年）10月1日-狛田村・祝園村・稲田村が合併し、川西村が発足。
English: July 1, 1942: Soraku local office was set up in Kizu-cho to administer Soraku-gun.
Japanese: 1942年（昭和17年）7月1日-木津町に相楽郡を管轄する相楽地方事務所を設置。
English: December 15, 1954: Nishiwazuka-mura, Nakawazuka-mura, and Higashiwazuka-mura were combined to form Wazuka-cho.
Japanese: 1954年（昭和29年）12月15日-西和束村・中和束村・東和束村が合併し、和束町が発足。
English: August 1, 1956: Kamikoma-cho, Korai-mura, and Tanakura-mura were combined to form Yamashiro-cho (Kyoto Prefecture).
Japanese: 1956年（昭和31年）8月1日-上狛町・高麗村・棚倉村が合併し、山城町(京都府)が発足。
English: March 12, 2007: Kizu-cho, Yamashiro-cho, and Kamo-cho were merged to form Kizugawa City, and the city was separated from the gun (district) system.
Japanese: 2007年（平成19年）3月12日-木津町・山城町・加茂町が合併し、木津川市が発足、郡より離脱。
English: The Engishiki Jinmyo-cho lists the following six shrines of four grand and two small shrines under the district of Sagara-no-kori, Yamashiro Province:
Japanese: 延喜式神名帳には、山城国相楽郡に以下の大社4座・小社2座の計6座が記載されている。
English: 1600: As a reward for his distinguished service in the Battle of Sekigahara, Takatomo KYOGOKU was awarded the entire Tango Province by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, and accordingly, the Tango domain was established.
Japanese: 1600年（慶長5年）関ヶ原の戦いの功により京極高知に徳川家康から丹後一国が与えられ丹後藩が成立する。
English: Subsequently, the Tango domain was divided into three regions by the three sons of Takatomo KYOGOKU, and the three domains of Tango, Miyazu, Maizuru, and Mineyama, were established.
Japanese: のちに京極高知の三子により丹後藩は三分割され、宮津藩、舞鶴藩、峰山藩の丹後三藩が成立した。
English: June 1, 1954: Miyazu-cho, Kunda-mura, Yoshizu-mura, Fuchu-mura, Hioki-mura, Seya-mura, Yoro-mura, and Higatani-mura in Yosa-gun were merged to implement the shisei (grant of city status).
Japanese: 1954年（昭和29年）6月1日：与謝郡宮津町・栗田村・吉津村・府中村・日置村・世屋村・養老村・日ヶ谷村が合併し、市制施行。
English: The central office of the sales department (branch code: 001) at the Kyoto Hokuto Shinkin Bank (the third oldest credit union in existence)
Japanese: 京都北都信用金庫（ほくとしんきん）本店営業部（店番号001）現存する信用金庫で三番目に古い歴史がある。
English: Kyoto Bank (Kyogin) Miyazu Branch (descended from Tanwa Bank which was established through the merger of the four banks, Ryotan Bank, Miyazu Bank, Tango Industrial and Commercial Bank, and Tango Industry Bank)
Japanese: 京都銀行（京銀きょうぎん）宮津支店（両丹銀行、宮津銀行、丹後商工銀行および丹後産業銀行の4行合併による丹和銀行創立時よりの流れを汲む）
English: The Miyazu Station (the Kitakinki Tango Railway Miyazu Line and the Kitakinki Tango Railway Miyafuku Line) is the main train station in the city, but, for tourism, the Amanohashidate Station (the Kitakinki Tango Railway Miyazu Line) is the center.
Japanese: 市の代表駅は、宮津駅（北近畿タンゴ鉄道北近畿タンゴ鉄道宮津線・北近畿タンゴ鉄道宮福線）であるが、観光の拠点としての中心となるのは、むしろ天橋立駅（北近畿タンゴ鉄道宮津線）である。
English: Other than the two stations mentioned previously, Miyazu City has the Miyamura Station, the Kita Station and the Karakawa Station on the Miyafuku Line, together with the Iwataki-guchi Station, the Kunda Station and the Tango Yura Station on the Miyazu Line.
Japanese: 宮福線にはこのほかに、宮村駅、喜多駅、辛皮駅があり、宮津線には、岩滝口駅、栗田駅、丹後由良駅がある。
English: Catholic Miyazu Parish (a church with tatami-mat flooring, the second oldest wooden church in existence and the oldest in use in Japan)
Japanese: カトリック宮津教会（畳敷きの聖堂）　現存の木造教会としては日本で2番目に古く､現役で使用されているものとしては日本で最も古い
English: Former Mikamis' House (Important Cultural Property in Japan, a family of wealthy merchant making a living from cargo ship, and its garden 'Mikami Garden' being designated as a scenic site by the government)
Japanese: 旧三上家住宅-国の重要文化財、廻船業を営んだ豪商の旧邸、庭園は「三上氏庭園」として府指定名勝
English: Big toro (hanging lantern) as 'Ship of souls' are fired at Miyazu Port, and then, small toro are sent chasing the big toro.
Japanese: 精霊船という大きな灯篭を宮津港で燃やし付近に小さな追っかけ灯篭を流す。
English: Miyazu Post Office: 626-00 and 629-22 including the area of former Iwataki-cho, i.e., 629-22, in Yosano-cho, Yoza-gun
Japanese: 宮津郵便局（626-00・629-22）（与謝郡与謝野町の内、旧岩滝町つまり629-22の地区を含む）
English: April 1, 1889: As a result of the enactment of the chosonsei (Town and Village System Law), Sonobe-cho and twenty-three villages were established in Funai-gun.
Japanese: 1889年4月1日-町村制施行に伴い、船井郡に園部町と23の村が成立する。
English: April 1, 1929: Sonobe-cho, Sonobe-mura and Kirinosho-mura were merged to form Sonobe-cho.
Japanese: 1929年4月1日-園部町・園部村・桐ノ庄村が合併し、園部町が発足。
English: April 20, 1955: Sonobe-cho, Make-mura and Nishihonme-mura were merged to form Sonobe-cho.
Japanese: 1955年4月20日-園部町・摩気村・西本梅村が合併し、園部町が発足。
English: October 11, 2005: Tanba-cho, Wachi-cho and Mizuho-cho were merged to form Kyotanba-cho.
Japanese: 2005年10月11日-丹波町・和知町・瑞穂町が合併し、京丹波町が発足。
English: January 1, 2006: Sonobe-cho, Yagi-cho and Hiyoshi-cho were merged with Miyama-cho, Kita-Kuwada-gun (Kyoto Prefecture) to form Nantan City, and the city was separated from the gun (district) system.
Japanese: 2006年1月1日-園部町・八木町・日吉町が北桑田郡美山町(京都府)と合併し、南丹市が発足、郡より離脱。
English: The construction of Kameyama-jo Castle by Mitsuhide AKECHI at the end of the Sengoku period (period of Warring States) laid the foundation for Kameoka of modern times.
Japanese: 戦国時代末期に明智光秀が亀山城(丹波国)と城下町を築いたことが近代亀岡の礎となった。
English: The combined area of Nantan City and Kyotanba-cho, Funai-gun is sometimes referred to as Kuchitanba, Kuchitan, or Nantan.
Japanese: なお、南丹市と船井郡京丹波町と併せて南丹や南丹、南丹と称することもある。
English: In the surrounding mountain regions, the Tanba Highlands extend into Kameoka City, and areas such as Higashibetsuin-cho, Honme-cho and Hatano-cho lie in the mountains, which do not include the Katsura-gawa River system.
Japanese: 周辺山地には丹波高地等が亀岡市域に迫り出しており、山間部には東別院町・本梅町・畑野町等の地区があり、桂川水系ではない。
English: In ancient times, the present-day Kameoka Basin was a large lake, and the region around the basin is said to have been named Ni-no-umi (cinnabar wave), or Tanba, after cinnabar waves rippling across the basin in a windy day; legend also has it that Okuninushi-no-mikoto, a famous deity in the Izumo Shinwa (Myths of Izumo), carved out a valley, poured water in it, reclaimed the area, and then named the river 'Hozu-gawa River' and the valley 'Hozu-kyo Gorge' after wife Deity, 'Mihotsu-hime,' and is the enshrined deity of the Izumo-Daijingu Shrine in Chitose-cho.
Japanese: 亀岡盆地は太古は大きな湖であり、風が吹くと美しい朱色の波が立ったところから、このあたりを丹のうみ・丹波と呼ぶようになったとされており、出雲神話で有名な大国主命が亀岡と嵐山の間にある渓谷を切り開いて水を流し土地を干拓して、切り開いた渓谷を「三穂津姫」の名前にちなみ保津川・保津峡と名付けたという伝説も残っており、出雲大神宮（千歳町）の祭神となっている。
English: The alternative name "Oi-gawa River"(大堰川) for the Katsura-gawa River originated from the weirs (堰) for agriculture built by the Hata clan who were immigrants from ancient Korea.
Japanese: 桂川を大堰川と呼ぶ名称は、古代朝鮮から渡来人である秦氏がつくった農業用の「堰」に由来する。
English: The river upstream from the Uzune-hashi Bridge in Kawarabayashi-cho and Utsune-cho, the Hozu-bashi Bridge in Hozu-cho, or the entrance to Hozu-kyo Gorge, 'Yamamoto-hama,' in Hozu-cho and Shino-cho is called Oi-gawa River while the one downstream is called Hozu-gawa River; for example, the river is called Oi-gawa River in the school song of Kameoka City Takada Junior High School in the school district with the longest riverbank on the left side of the river.
Japanese: 宇津根橋（河原林町、宇津根町）保津橋（保津町）又は保津峡の入り口の山本浜（保津町、篠町）を境にして上流を大堰川、下流を保津川と呼んでいる（例えば、上流左岸にあり、河岸距離が最も長い学区であるの校歌は大堰川となっている）。
English: The left side of the Oi-gawa (Hozu-gawa) River where Umaji-cho, Chitose-cho, Kawarabayashi-cho and Asahi-cho are located is called Kawa-higashi and is an alluvial fan of the Atago mountain range; the Nanatani-gawa and Mitsumata-gawa Rivers, taking water from the range, are steep and said to have been frequently flooded.
Japanese: 馬路・千歳・河原林・旭の各町がある大堰川（保津川）左岸は総称して川東と呼ばれ、愛宕山系の扇状地であり、同山系を水源とする七谷川や三俣川は高低差が激しく、よく氾濫したという。
English: In the regional zone of the Meteorological Observatory, Kameoka City belongs to the area of Kyoto City and former Yamashiro Province in the southern part of Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 気象台区分としては、亀岡市域を京都市･山城国地域の京都府南部に含んでいる。
English: However, dense fog, famous in the Kameoka Basin, rises from late fall to early spring, allowing people to see a dramatic change in landscape when entering Kameoka City from Kyoto City via Hozu-kyo Gorge or Oinosaka-toge Mountain Pass during these seasons.
Japanese: しかし、晩秋から早春にかけて亀岡盆地名物の深い霧が発生しており、この季節に京都市内から保津峡や老ノ坂峠を経て市内へ入ると景色が一変する。
English: The size of the fog is well-known nationwide, and is the cause of Kameoka City sometimes appearing white in satellite images.
Japanese: 霧の規模は全国的に有名で、衛星写真では亀岡市が霧の影響で白く写ることもある。
English: Since drivers often feel the necessity to use fog lights, there is a high rate of cars with such attachments.
Japanese: 自動車のフォグランプを必要と感じることが多いため、その装着率が高い。
English: Kameoka City's urban area has suffered flood damage many times because the area lies lower than the Hozu-gawa (Oi-gawa) River due to water backing up in Hozu-kyo Gorge sometimes flowing back.
Japanese: 亀岡市街地は保津川（大堰川）より低地であるうえに、保津峡でせき止められることにより逆流を原因とする水害が多発していた。
English: While the construction of Hiyoshi Dam has basically solved the flood problem, no buildings have been erected in the area (formerly flood control basin) between the JR Sagano Line and the Hozu-gawa (Oi-gawa) River.
Japanese: この洪水は日吉ダムの開設により一応は解決しているものの、遊水池となっていたＪＲ嵯峨野線と保津川（大堰川）の間には殆ど建築物がない。
English: Even though the city is located near big cities, the ecosystem of the paddy field remains rich in Kameoka City; special natural treasures designated by the government such as kissing loach, Japanese giant salamander and Japanese eight-barbel loach have been observed, but their numbers have declined due to urban development, causing concern.
Japanese: 大都市に隣接しながらも、水田生態系が豊富に残されており、国指定特別天然記念物のアユモドキやオオサンショウウオ、ホトケドジョウが観察されているが都市開発による減少が心配されている。
English: In the Red Data Book of Japan, the kissing loach is of particular note, being classified as Critically Endangered, while listed as only Endangered in the Red Data Book of Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 中でも、アユモドキは環境省レッドデータブックで絶滅危惧IＡ類、京都府レッドデータブックで絶滅寸前種となっている。
English: Many people of all ages in the city enjoy a wide variety of fishing, with many visitors from other prefectures due to the following reasons: first, farm ponds are scattered around the city due to the many rice fields; second, the city boasts the Nakayama-ike Pond, one of the best fishing spots from old times; and third, large dams such as Hitokura Dam (Hyogo Prefecture), Hiyoshi Dam, Ono Dam and Wachi Dam (Kyoto Prefecture) as well as rivers such as the Yura-gawa and Hozu-gawa Rivers, also being some of the best fishing spots, are situated nearby,
Japanese: 水田が多いことから溜池が至る所に点在していること、市内に古くから有数の釣りスポットである中山池があること、また近隣に一庫ダム（兵庫県）、日吉ダム、大野ダム、和知ダム（京都府）といった大規模ダムと由良川、保津川といった有数の鮎釣りスポットがあることから年齢問わず広いジャンルの「釣り」を趣味に持つ人が多く、他府県からの来訪者も多い。
English: Traffic in the early morning (and the evening) is higher due to the number of people from outside the city who visit the many golf courses in Kameoka City, as well as the nearby areas of Hyogo and Osaka Prefectures; the number of residents commuting to Kyoto city, Osaka Prefecture and Hyogo Prefecture increase in the early morning as well.
Japanese: また市内と周辺地域の兵庫県、大阪府に多くのゴルフ場がある事で早朝から市外からの車流入と市内から通勤で京都市、大阪府、兵庫県への車流出が増えるため、交通量は早朝・夕方が増える。
English: In ancient times, Kawa-higashi, including Umaji-cho and Izumo, Chitose-cho on the left side of the Oi-gawa (Hozu-gawa) River, is believed to have been the area where many tumuli were observed and accordingly, large powerful families ruled the area; additionally the provincial monastery was built in the Kokubun area, Chitose-cho.
Japanese: 古代には馬路町・千歳町出雲等の大堰川（保津川）左岸の川東に古墳が多く見られ大豪族がいた地域と見られており、千歳町国分地区に国分寺が置かれいる。
English: Moreover, the area is a historical site with the Izumo-Daijingu Shrine, the Moto-Atago-jinja Shrine (Kyoto City) whose first shrine was established in 507, and the Yosen-ji Temple, which possesses the sculpture 'Kuguri Hotei' created by the famous sculptor Masayuki NAGARE, a son of Kojuro NAKAGAWA who founded Ritsumeikan University.
Japanese: さらに、出雲大神宮や継体天皇元年に初めて神殿が建立された元愛宕神社(京都市)や立命館大学創立者の中川小十郎の子息である有名な彫刻家流政之氏のくぐりほていがある養仙寺もあるなど歴史的に古い地域である。
English: Various stories exist regarding the ancient provincial capital of Tanba, and one of them holds that it was established on the right side of the Oi-gawa River in Chiyokawa-cho.
Japanese: 諸説あるが、大堰川右岸の千代川町に丹波国府が置かれたとも言われている。
English: According to a legend, a demon called Shuten-doji lived in Oe on the border with Kyoto City and was subdued by MINAMOTO no Yorimitsu.
Japanese: 京都市との国境の大枝には酒呑童子の鬼が居たと言われ、源頼光によって討伐されたという伝説がある。
English: There are important historic temples and shrines such as the Saeki-jinja Shrine, the Anao-ji Temple and the Jinzo-ji Temple in Hietano-cho and Sogabe-cho (the Chinese character for 'hie' as in 'Hieta-cho' is the combination of the radical 'kusa-kanmuri' and the Chinese character 'hi,' but the word is described in hiragana in this article).
Japanese: ひえ田野町・曽我部町（註「ひえ」は草かんむりに稗と書く。以下、平仮名で記す）、に佐伯神社、穴太寺、神蔵寺など由緒ある重要な寺社も多い。
English: The area from the urban district of Kameoka City to Shino-cho is believed to have been a lake or marsh until the fourth century; however, the Kuwada-jinja Shrine and the Miyake (Imperial-controlled territory) were built and people began to settle in the area, once the Hata clan reclaimed the land through the improvement of the Oi-gawa (Hozu-gawa) River.
Japanese: 現在の亀岡市街地から篠町にかかる地域は4世紀ころまでは湖沼地だったらしいが、秦氏の大堰川（保津川）治水工事などにより利用可能な土地となると、桑田神社や屯倉が建立されたりして人の移住が見られた。
English: The area around Kameoka prospered as a port right before Hozu-kyo Gorge when the Sanin-do Road to connect provincial capitals in Sanin-do was built in around the seventh to eighth century, and wood in Yuge-go and Yamaguni-go (the present Keihoku area in Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City) was sent to Kyoto via the Katsura-gawa River.
Japanese: 7世紀～8世紀ころには山陰道各国府を結ぶ山陰道が設けられ、また現在の京都市右京区の京北地域にあたる弓削郷・山国郷などの木材が桂川に乗って京都へ運ばれるようになると、亀岡周辺は保津峡直前の船待ち場として発展した。
English: The area around Nagatani located at the entrance to the trail up Mt. Atago is said to have been crowded with worshippers before World War II.
Japanese: 愛宕山の登山口に位置している長谷付近は、戦前までは参拝客でにぎわったと言う。
English: Since the Kameoka area functioned as the entrance to Sanin from Kyoto and Yamashiro, the Oji-shuku (a posting station) in Oinosaka-toge Mountain Pass on the border with Yamashiro was full of inns.
Japanese: 京都・山城から山陰へは当市域が入り口に当たるため、山城との境に当たる老の坂峠・王子宿には多くの宿場が立ち並んだ。
English: Manors such as the Ogawa-sho, the Kuwada-sho, the Yada-sho and the Kaya-sho were built after private ownership of land was introduced.
Japanese: また土地の私有が可能になると、小川荘や桑田荘・矢田荘および加舎荘などの荘園が開発された。
English: The Kameoka area and the Yoshitomi-sho is believed to have been the domain of the Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto clan) in the mid Heian period.
Japanese: 平安時代中期には吉冨荘とともに亀岡市域は清和源氏の領地であったと考えられる。
English: Takauji ASHIKAGA took up arms at the Shinomura-Hachimangu Shrine in Shino-cho, making the Kameoka area a base for the Minamoto clan through the Kamakura period and the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan).
Japanese: また篠町には足利高氏の挙兵の地となった篠村八幡宮があるなど当市域は鎌倉時代・南北朝時代(日本)を通じて源氏の一拠点となった。
English: Baigan ISHIDA who founded the Sekimon-shingaku (a popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings), the painter Okyo MARUYAMA and Dr. Toyo YAMAWAKI were born in the Kameoka area.
Japanese: 石門心学の石田梅岩、画家・円山応挙、医者・山脇東洋も亀岡市域の出身者である。
English: Additionally, there are many prominent figures associated with Kameoka: MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune and NASU no Yoichi who passed through the area to engage in the Battle of Ichinotani in Fukuhara, Settsu Province, as well as Mongaku, Ippen, Rennyo, Mitsuhide AKECHI, Hideaki KOBAYAKAWA, and Ryoi SUMINOKURA.
Japanese: また、摂津国福原の一ノ谷の戦いに向かう途中に通過した源義経や那須与一などのほかに文覚、一遍、蓮如、明智光秀、小早川秀秋、角倉了以を始めとして亀岡にゆかりのある著名人は多い。
English: During the Azuchi Momoyama period, Mitsuhide AKECHI built Tanba Kameyama-jo Castle to rule Tanba and developed the castle town in the Kose area, which made way for modern development of Kameoka in recent times.
Japanese: 安土桃山時代に入って明智光秀が丹波統治のため古世地区に丹波亀山城を築き城下町を形成したことによって、亀岡は近代的な発展を遂げる。
English: Trusted personnel such as Hidekatsu HASHIBA (or Otsugi, the fourth son of Nobunaga ODA), Hidekatsu TOYOTOMI (小吉, a nephew of Hideyoshi), Hideaki KOBAYAKAWA, Geni MAEDA, and Nagamori OKABE were designated as lords of Tanba Kameyama-jo Castle under the Toyotomi Shogunate and the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) after the demise of Akechi: Kameoka played an active role as the entrance to the northwestern region of Kyoto.
Japanese: 明智滅亡後も豊臣政権・江戸幕府下において丹波亀山城には羽柴秀勝（於次、織田信長四男）、豊臣秀勝（小吉、秀吉の甥）、小早川秀秋、前田玄以・岡部長盛ら信任ある人間が配置されるなど京都の西北の入り口として重要視され続けた。
English: Since the lord of the Tanba Kameyama domain had served for generations as the Roju (member of shogun's council of elders), the Jisha-bugyo (samurai responsible for the management of temples and shrines), Kyoto shoshidai (deputy of Kyoto) and the castle keeper of Osaka Castle, the expenses seems to have been fairly large.
Japanese: 丹波亀山藩主は代々老中や寺社奉行、京都所司代、大坂城代等の要職を務めたために出費は大きなものであったようだ。
English: As a result, heavy taxes were often imposed, and all the villages under the Kameyama domain were impoverished.
Japanese: このため、たびたび重税が課せられ、亀山藩支配下の村々はみな疲弊したという。
English: When capacity for transport increased as a result of the excavation of the Hozu-gawa River by Ryoi SUMINOKURA, Uzune, Umaji, Hozu and Yamamoto in the Kameoka area prospered as a waypoint between Tanba and Kyoto.
Japanese: 角倉了以の保津川開削以後、桂川の輸送力が強化されると、丹波と京都の中継地点として亀岡市域内の宇津根・馬路・保津・山本が栄えた。
English: The junction of the Kyo-Kaido Road, the Sanin-Kaido Road and the National Route 423 was built in Oiwake in the castle town, allowing for the Kameoka to be developed thereafter.
Japanese: また、京街道・山陰街道および国道423号の分岐点が城下の追分に設けられて発展した。
English: January 1: One town and fifteen villages in Minami-kuwada-gun, including Kameoka-cho but excluding Shino-mura and Kashida-mura, were combined to form Kameoka City.
Japanese: 1月1日、南桑田郡のうち（篠村・樫田村を除く）亀岡町など1町15村が合併、亀岡市が誕生する。
English: Famous products include the Tanba matsutake mushroom, Tanba black bean, Umaji-dainagon azuki bean, Tanba chestnut, potherb mustard (traditional vegetable in Kyoto), Shino-daikon (Kabu, or Japanese radish) conveniently used for Senmai-zuke (pickled sliced radishes), Tanba yam, Kameoka beef, sweet smelt and wild boar.
Japanese: 丹波松茸、丹波黒豆、馬路大納言小豆、丹波栗、京野菜のミズナ、千枚漬に重宝される篠大根（カブ）や、丹波山芋、亀岡牛、鮎、猪などが名高い。
English: Umaji-Dainagon azuki bean is the finest among high-class Tanba-Dainagon azuki bean and is only produced in Umaji-cho.
Japanese: 馬路大納言小豆は、高級品の丹波大納言小豆の中でも最高級品であり、馬路町でしか生産できない。
English: Seeds of Umaji-Dainagon azuki bean sowed in the nearby towns of Kawarabayashi and Chitose, grow to be ordinary Tanba-Dainagon azuki bean.
Japanese: 隣接の河原林、千歳などの各町で種を蒔いても普通の丹波大納言小豆になる。
English: Kameoka City is the only place which has been successful in commercially producing habanero peppers (a kind of chili pepper); Habanero peppers are now recognized as one of the city's specialty crops.
Japanese: 日本で唯一、ハバネロ（トウガラシの一種）の商業水準の生産が行われており、名産品として認知されつつある。
English: Tanba black bean produced in Kyoto Prefecture were nicknamed 'Murasaki Zukin,' or purple hood, by the then governor of Kyoto Prefecture, Teiichi ARAMAKI
Japanese: 京都府産丹波黒豆の愛称「紫ずきん」は荒巻禎一京都府知事（当時）が名付けた。
English: A large number of tourists visit the city to buy fresh agricultural products being sold along the National Routes 367 and 477 as well as the arterial roads around Yunohana-onsen Hot Spring; in some seasons, such produce sells out immediately
Japanese: 国道367号・477号線沿・湯の花温泉周辺幹線道路は新鮮な農産物目当ての観光者が多く、季節によっては直ちに完売することがある。
English: Kameoka City in the suburbs of the major metropolitan areas enjoys urban convenience, while the city itself is surrounded by nature, such as Hozu-kyo Gorge for example; the city also possesses many historic resources which attract tourism such as the Izumo-Daijingu Shrine and Tanba Kameyama-jo Castle (spiritual center of Omoto), however, except for the Yunohana-onsen Hot Spring, little accommodation is available for tourists.
Japanese: 大都市近郊にあって都市的な利便性を有しながら、保津峡等の豊かな自然を併せつつ、さらに出雲大神宮、丹波亀山城（大本本部）等といった歴史的な観光資源があるものの、湯の花温泉_(京都府)を除けば宿泊施設が少ない。
English: Hozu-kyo Gorge and the Sagano Scenic Line of the Sagano Scenic Railway are often regarded as a part of the Kyoto tour, or more specifically, Sagano-Arashiyama tour, therefore, creating a unique tourist industry utilizing the city's rich resources has long been an issue.
Japanese: 保津峡、嵯峨野観光鉄道嵯峨野観光線は京都とりわけ嵯峨嵐山観光の一環と位置付けられることが多く、豊富な資源を生かした亀岡市内独自の観光産業の構築が永年の課題となっている。
English: (from/to Kyoto Station) - Hozukyo Station [1] - Umahori Station - Kameoka Station - Namikawa Station - Chiyokawa Station - (from/to Sonobe Station)
Japanese: （至京都駅）←保津峡駅※-馬堀駅-亀岡駅-並河駅-千代川駅→（至園部駅）
English: The construction of the Wakasa route was planned in order to connect Tsuruga Station of the Hokuriku Shinkansen and Shin-Osaka Station, running along the Obama Line via Obama Station and Nishikyoto Station (Kameoka Station).
Japanese: 北陸新幹線・敦賀駅から小浜線沿いに進み小浜駅から西京都駅（亀岡駅）を経由して新大阪駅へ行く若狭ルートが計画されている。
English: Swimming pool in the Kameoka Sports Park: A large swimming pool is open in summer, attracting many visitors from neighboring prefectures.
Japanese: 亀岡運動公園プール—夏季は大規模プールの営業があり、周辺府県からの来訪が多い。
English: The Kameoka City Agricultural Park: It is located next to the composting facility 'Kameoka City Soil Preparation Center,' and is integrated with the surrounding farm land.
Japanese: 亀岡市農業公園—堆肥化施設「亀岡市土づくりセンター」と隣接し、周囲の農業地と一体化している。
English: Yunohana-onsen Hot Spring: John Lennon and Yoko ONO visited the hot spring.
Japanese: 湯の花温泉_(京都府)—ジョン・レノン、オノ・ヨーコ夫妻が訪ねたことがある。
English: Since Kameoka City is located near Kyoto City, shooting on location is conducted mainly for period dramas in many parts of the city, giving the city a close bond to cinema; however, there are no movie theaters in the city.
Japanese: 京都市に隣接している立地条件から時代劇を中心としたロケーション撮影が市内各地で行われており、映画との関わりが深い街であるが、市内には映画館がない。
English: The film actors Tamao NAKAMURA and Shintaro KATSU reportedly said to each other, "Let's build a tomb in Kameoka and come back together some day," in reference to giving their children a home town.
Japanese: 映画俳優の中村玉緒は、子どもたちに古里を作るために、同じく映画俳優の夫・勝新太郎と「亀岡にお墓を建てて、ふたりで戻ってこよう」と話をしていたという。
English: Tetsuro TANBA frequently visits Kameoka, including the Kinrin-ji Temple where the grave of his ancestor TANBA no Yasuyori lies.
Japanese: 丹波哲郎も何度もロケで亀岡を訪れ、先祖である丹波康頼の墓所がある金輪寺を訪ねたことがある。
English: "Modoken Quill no Issho" (The life of Seeing-Eye Dog Quill), a movie depicting the interaction between a middle aged man and a guide dog set in Kameoka, was recently produced in Kameoka City.
Japanese: 近年、亀岡を舞台に盲導犬と人との交流を描いた映画『盲導犬クイールの一生』が製作された。
English: While many location shoots have been carried out in Kameoka City, it is unusual for Kameoka City itself to be the subject of films, excepting those about the Honnoji Incident.
Japanese: 数々のロケーション撮影が行なわれたが、本能寺の変などを除くと亀岡が舞台となるのは異例のことであった。
English: Kameoka City was introduced as 'Little Kyoto' in some guidebooks, but received little attention.
Japanese: 一部の旅行ガイドブックで小京都と紹介されたことがあるが定着しなかった。
English: Joyo City is a city in Kyoto Prefecture and is roughly located in the middle between Kyoto City and Nara City.
Japanese: 城陽市（じょうようし）は、京都府に属する市で、京都市と奈良市のほぼ中間に位置する。