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English: With the opening of the subway, a building housing a department store (Daimaru) was built in front of Yamashina Station for a redevelopment project.
Japanese: 山科駅駅前は地下鉄開通とともに再開発されデパート（大丸）が入る再開発ビルが建っている。
English: This is mainly the reason that areas surrounding Yamashina Station and areas along the Outer Loop Expressway developed into a busy town but, in contrast, areas along the Old Tokaido Road and Ono Yamashina Teishajo Line of the Kyoto Prefecture Route 117 lost their prosperity.
Japanese: そのため山科駅周辺ならびに地下鉄東西線が地下を走る外環状線沿線は活気ある街に育ちつつあるが、かつてのメインストリートであった旧東海道や京都府道117号小野山科停車場線の繁栄振りは鳴りを潜め、空洞化が進んでいる。
English: April 1, 1889: Yamashina-mura, Uji-gun was founded when the municipal organization was enforced.
Japanese: 1889年（明治22年）4月1日-町村制施行に伴い、宇治郡山科村が成立。
English: October 16, 1926: Yamashina-mura was organized as Yamashina-cho.
Japanese: 1926年（大正15年）10月16日-山科村が町制施行し山科町となる。
English: October 1, 1976: Yamashina Ward was divided from Higashiyama Ward.
Japanese: 1976年（昭和51年）10月1日-東山区から分区され山科区となる。
English: (linking up with Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line to Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station) - Misasagi Station - Keihan Yamashina Station - Shinomiya Station - (from/to Hamaotsu Station)
Japanese: （至京都市営地下鉄京都市営地下鉄東西線太秦天神川駅まで乗り入れ）←御陵駅-京阪山科駅-四宮駅→（至浜大津駅）
English: (from/to Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station) - Misasagi Station - Yamashina Station - Higashino Station (Kyoto Prefecture) - Nagitsuji Station - Ono Station (Kyoto Prefecture) -(from/to Rokujizo Station)
Japanese: （至太秦天神川駅）←御陵駅-山科駅-東野駅(京都府)-椥辻駅-小野駅(京都府)→（至六地蔵駅）
English: Kyo-yaki, Kyo Pottery (Kiyomizu-yaki, Kiyomizu Pottery) - many pottery producers moved in with the completion of Kiyomizu Pottery houses near Kaju-ji Temple in 1968.
Japanese: 京焼（清水焼）-1968年ごろ勧修寺周辺に清水焼団地が完成し、京都東山から多くの業者が移転した。
English: Yamashina Post Office (607-00, 607-08, 607-09, 607-80, 607-81, 607-82, 607-83, 607-84)
Japanese: 山科郵便局（607-00・-08・-09・-80・-81・-82・-83-・84）
English: The area between Shijo-Karasuma (Karasuma-dori Street) on Shijo-dori Street, which constitutes the northern border of this ward, and Shijo-Kawaramachi (Kawaramachi-dori Street) is one of the most bustling shopping and entertainment areas in Kyoto Prefecture as well as in Kyoto City.
Japanese: 北辺を通る四条通の四条烏丸（烏丸通）から四条河原町（河原町通）までは京都府、京都市有数の繁華街となっている。
English: Kyoto Station is a terminal reaching to surrounding areas in Kyoto City, and many commercial facilities, such as the Kyoto Tower and the Kyoto Station building, are located around it.
Japanese: また、京都駅は、京都市周辺部のターミナルであり、周辺には京都タワー・京都駅ビルなどを中心に商業施設が集まっている。
English: With more and more businesses advancing into this area, the population had continued to decrease for more than thirty years due to the so-called donut phenomenon, but since 1995, the population has increased because, corresponding to people's tendency for living in city centers, conditions of the residential area have been improved and an increasing number of condominiums have been constructed.
Japanese: 早くから業務地化が進み、人口は30年以上にわたってドーナツ化現象により減り続けていたが、1995年以降都心回帰に伴う居住地再整備やマンション建設の増加に伴い再び人口が増加傾向に転じている。
English: According to the census conducted in 2005, Shimogyo Ward was one of the wards, together with adjacent Nakagyo Ward and Minami Ward (Kyoto City), which saw an increase in population.
Japanese: 2005年に行われた国勢調査においても、隣接する中京区や南区(京都市)などと並び人口増加区のひとつとなった。
English: April 1, 1929: Nakagyo Ward and Higashiyama Ward were generated by separating Kamigyo Ward and Shimogyo Ward.
Japanese: 1929年（昭和4年）4月1日　上京区と下京区の2区より中京区、東山区を分区する
English: (to/from Kokusai Kaikan Station) - Shijo Station (Kyoto Municipal Subway) - Gojo Station (Kyoto Municipal Subway) - Kyoto Station - (to/from Takeda Station (Kyoto Prefecture))
Japanese: （至国際会館駅）←四条駅(京都市営地下鉄)-五条駅(京都市営地下鉄)-京都駅→（至竹田駅(京都府)）
English: National routes running in this ward: National Route 1 (Gojo-dori Street and Horikawa-dori Street) and National Route 367 (Karasuma-dori Street)
Japanese: 区内を走る一般国道：国道1号（五条通、堀川通）、国道367号（烏丸通）
English: Kyoto Central Post Office: 600-0000, 600-8xxx, 601-0000 and 601-8xxx
Japanese: 京都中央郵便局-600-0000、600-8xxx、601-0000、601-8xxx
English: Yawata City is a city located in the southern part of Kyoto Prefecture and borders on Osaka Prefecture.
Japanese: 八幡市（やわたし）は、京都府の南部、大阪府との境界線沿いに位置する市である。
English: Since the Keihan Electric Railway and Nihon Jutaku Kodan (Japan Housing Urban Development Corporation) (present Urban Renaissance Agency) prepared housing sites, such as Kuzuha Rose Town and Otokoyama housing complex in Otokoyama area near Kuzuha Station of the Keihan Electric Railway (Hirakata City Osaka Prefecture) in and after the 1970's, the city became a commuter town for Osaka and thereby the population of the city almost doubled in a short term and surpassed that of Fukuchiyama City, Osaka Prefecture. (Now Fukuchiyama City is more populated than Yawata City.)
Japanese: また、1970代以降、京阪電気鉄道樟葉駅（大阪府枚方市）に近い男山地区で、京阪電鉄や日本住宅公団（現・都市再生機構）などがくずはローズタウンや男山団地などの住宅を造成して、大阪市方面のベッドタウンとして人口が短期間で約2倍に増加し、同府の福知山市などを上回った（現在は再び福知山市が八幡市より人口が多くなっている）。
English: Yawata City has its detached areas which are located between Kyoto City and Kumiyama-cho, Kuse-gun, and between Kyotanabe City and Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture.
Japanese: 八幡市には幾つかの飛地があり、それらは京都市と久世郡久御山町との境や京田辺市と大阪府枚方市との境に置かれている。
English: Mountain: Mt. Otoko whose triangulation point is Hatogamine peak (142.5 m)(Nickname: Hachimansan)
Japanese: 山男山　三角点は鳩ヶ峰(142.5m)（愛称：八幡山、「はちまんさん」と読む）
English: The city has borders with Kumiyama-cho, Kuse-gun across the Kizu-gawa River and with Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture over Horaga-toge mountain pass, and National Route 1 runs through the center of the city.
Japanese: 木津川を挟んで久世郡久御山町、洞ヶ峠を越えて大阪府枚方市に接している。市の中央を国道1号が南北に貫いている。
English: Prefectural and municipal roads, which lead to Kyotanabe City, are arranged in such a manner as they meet the National Route 1 at right angles.
Japanese: 国道1号と直交するような形で府道や市道が整備されており、京田辺市とつながっている。
English: The western edge of the city is the Yodo-gawa River, over which Oyamazaki-cho Otokuni-gun Kyoto Prefecture, Shimamoto-cho Mishima-gun Osaka Prefecture, and Takatsuki City Osaka Prefecture can be seen.
Japanese: 市の西側は淀川で、対岸に京都府乙訓郡大山崎町、大阪府三島郡島本町、大阪府高槻市を眺望できる。
English: There is a joining of the Kizu-gawa River, Uji-gawa River, and the Yodo-gawa River in Kawakita Nature and Sports Park located in the northern edge of the city.
Japanese: 市の北端のかわきた自然運動公園内に、木津川(京都府)、宇治川、桂川(淀川水系)の3川合流点がある。
English: Keihan Bus offers a variety of networks mainly between Kuzuha Station and Yawatashi Station and has high passenger load factors.
Japanese: 京阪バスが、京阪本線の樟葉駅と八幡市駅を軸に多数の系統を設けており利用率も充分によい。
English: Residential areas and rural zones spread as if they surround Mt.Otoko; in particular the western side is an densely populate area called Otokoyama housing complex.
Japanese: 男山を取り巻くように住宅地や田園が広がり、特に男山西側の地域は男山団地と呼ばれる人口密集地である。
English: April 1, 1889: Yawata-machi, Tsuzuki-mura, and Uchigo-mura were founded in Tsuzuki-gun when the municipal organization was enforced.
Japanese: 1889年（明治22年）4月1日、町村制施行に伴い、綴喜郡八幡町、都々城村、有智郷村が発足。
English: October 1, 1954: The above three villages were merged to become Yawata-machi.
Japanese: 1954年（昭和29年）10月1日、上記3町村が合併して八幡町となる。
English: November 1, 1977: Yawata-machi became the eleventh city of Kyoto Prefecture when it was reorganized as Yawata City.
Japanese: 1977年（昭和52年）11月1日、市制を施行し、京都府内で11番目の市となる。
English: Consumers who live in the Otokoyama housing complex and its surrounding residential areas--Yawata City's large portion of the population--go out to Hirakata City Kuzuha area and the rate of consumption within the city is quite low.
Japanese: 八幡市の人口を大きく支える男山団地と周辺の邸宅街での消費は枚方市楠葉地区に流れており、市内での滞留率が非常に低い。
English: In addition, recently developed residential areas of the eastern part of the city have a commercial district, but it is on such a small scale that customers flow out to large retailers in Kumiyama-cho and Kyotanabe City.
Japanese: また近年開発が進んだ市東部の邸宅街には小規模ながら商業地区が形成されているものの、隣接する久御山町や京田辺市にある大型店に客が流れている。
English: In addition to the outflow of customers, employment opportunities also flow out of city, bringing down the municipal financial situation.
Japanese: 客が流れていることと同時に、雇用機会も流れてしまい、ゆえに市の財政事情は厳しい。
English: Although Yawatashi Station is supposed to be the main entrance of the city, roads around it are so small that many bus lines within Yawata City arrive in and depart from Kuzuha Station in Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture.
Japanese: 八幡市駅が当市の玄関駅であるが、駅付近の道が狭いこともあり、八幡市内のバス路線の多くは大阪府枚方市にある樟葉駅に発着する。
English: Since special express trains started to stop in Kuzuha Station in September 2003, the number of express trains that stop at Yawatashi Station greatly decreased; Kuzuha Station, in effect, serves as the main entrance of Yawata City.
Japanese: 2003年9月以降は樟葉駅に特急が停車するようになり、八幡市駅を通る急行が大幅減少したため、現在事実上の八幡市の玄関駅は樟葉駅になっている。
English: For reference, the Mayor of Yawata City requested Keihan Electric Railway that special express trains stop at Kuzuha Station upon the timetable revision of September, 2003.
Japanese: なお、2003年9月の京阪本線ダイヤ改正に際して、八幡市長が京阪に対して樟葉駅への特急停車を要請した。
English: Keihan Bus Co., Ltd. Otokoyama Office located within the city offers bus service in almost all areas except for the eastern part of the city covered by its Kyotanabe Office (with exceptions).
Japanese: 市の東部は京阪バス京田辺営業所のエリアであるがそれ以外は本市に位置する京阪バス男山営業所が運行している（一部例外あり）。
English: Congestions rarely occur even in the urban district of Yawata City; in contrast its neighbor city, Hirakata City is noted that there are no roads to speak of between the Kyoto and Osaka region.
Japanese: 隣市の枚方市が｢京阪間にろくな道無し」と言われるのに対して、八幡市では市街地においても大きな渋滞が発生することは少ない。
English: This is because the separation among the community road, industrial road, and the highway has been taken into consideration since the onset of development.
Japanese: 開発段階から生活道路と産業道路や幹線道路の分離が考慮されてきたことが伺える。
English: However, such roads as the National Route 1, the Kyoto Moriguchi Line of Kyoto Prefectural and Osaka Prefectural Route 13, and Yawata-Kizu Line of Kyoto Prefectural Route 22 had been apparently congested within the city before the Dainikeihan Road and Kyoto Second Outer Ring Road opened.
Japanese: しかし、第二京阪道路や京都第二外環状道路が開通する以前は国道1号、京都府道・大阪府道13号京都守口線、京都府道22号八幡木津線などは市域において混雑が顕著であった。
English: Yamashiroyawata Post Office (614-00, 614-08, 614-09, 614-80, 614-81, 614-82, 614-83, 614-84)
Japanese: 山城八幡郵便局（614-00・-08・-09・-80・-81・-82・-83・-84）
English: Monzen-machi means a town around an influential temple or shrine that was developed after merchants and manufacturers gathered there to conduct business, targeting workers and visitors of the shrine or temple.
Japanese: 門前町（もんぜんまち）とは、有力な寺院・神社の周辺に、社寺関係者および参拝客を相手にする商工業者が集まることによって形成された町のこと。
English: In a broad sense, it includes a temple town or shrine town where followers lived near a temple or shrine and created a community.
Japanese: 広義には、寺院・神社の信徒が近隣に集落を形成した寺内町・社家町も含めて門前町という。
English: Districts that remain historic landscapes as monzen-machi are designated Important Traditional Building Preservation Areas so that preservative measures can be taken.
Japanese: 特に現在も門前町としての歴史的風致をとどめている地区は重要伝統的建造物群保存地区に選定されて保存措置が講じられている。
English: It is narrowly defined as an area that covers the northern Kyoto Prefecture (former Tango Province and most parts of former Tanba Province) and northern Hyogo Prefecture (former Tajima Province and a part of Tanba Province).
Japanese: 狭義では、京都府北部（旧丹波国の大半、旧丹後国）と兵庫県北部（旧但馬国、旧丹波国の一部）を指す。
English: These regions correspond to the Tanba Province, Tango Province, and Tajima Province from an ancient administrative division.
Japanese: これらの地域は、令制国でいう丹波国・丹後国・但馬国に当たる地域である。
English: However, Kameoka City, Nantan City and Kyotanba-cho, Funai-gun in Kyoto Prefecture are not included in Kitakinki but instead called Nantan or Kuchitan even though they are within the Tanba Province, because the regions have a close tie with Kyoto City and Osaka.
Japanese: ただし、丹波国でも京都市や大阪との繋がりが強い京都府亀岡市や南丹市、船井郡京丹波町は南丹又は口丹と呼ばれ外されている。
English: These regions have scenic places such as Sanin-Kaigan National Park, Kinosaki Hot Spring, and Amonohashidate--one of the Three Great Views of Japan, which attract many tourists who enjoy seaside resorts in summer and crab dishes in winter.
Japanese: これらの地域には、山陰海岸国立公園や城崎温泉、日本三景の一つ天橋立などの名勝を抱えており、夏には海水浴を、冬にはカニ料理を目的とした観光客が多く訪れている。
English: Municipalities in northern Kyoto Prefecture and Northern Hyogo Prefecture have formed the Kitakinki Wide Area Tourist Federation to promote sightseeing businesses in the regions..
Japanese: 京都府北部と兵庫県北部の自治体は、観光事業の促進のために北近畿広域観光連盟を結成している。
English: Reinan, which almost corresponds to Wakasa Province of an ancient administrative division, has had close connections with Maizuru City, Maibara City, and Kyoto City since ancient times.
Japanese: 嶺南は、概ね令制国の若狭国に相当し、古くから舞鶴市、米原市、京都市との繋がりも深い。
English: Municipalities in Reinan of Fukui Prefecture are also involved in the Kitakinki Development and Promotion Committee, which plays a role in promoting development projects within Kitakinki.
Japanese: 北近畿の開発事業を促進する北近畿開発促進協議会には、この福井県嶺南の自治体も参加している。
English: The Eighth Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, located at Maizuru Port, has jurisdiction over the sea off northern Hyogo Prefecture, northern Kyoto Prefecture, and entire Fukui Prefecture, encompassing the entire area off the coast of Wakasa Bay.
Japanese: 舞鶴には第八管区海上保安本部が置かれており、兵庫県北部・京都府北部・福井県全域の沖合いを管轄しており、若狭湾沿岸の全域がこのエリアに含まれている。
English: Kitakinki, which faces the Japan Sea, shows a Japan-Sea side climate pattern but has less snow than Hokoriku and instead has many rainy days.
Japanese: 日本海に面しており、気候は日本海側気候が見られるが、冬の雪は北陸程は多くはなく、雨の日が比較的多い。
English: These local kingdoms, along with counterparts of Hokuriku region (Koshi Province), Sanin region (Inaba Province and Izumo Province), Northern Kyushu (Tsukushi Province and Matsura Kingdom), had great influence throughout the Japan Sea side of Japan.
Japanese: これらの地方王国は、北陸地方（越国）や山陰地方（因幡国、出雲国など）や北部九州（筑紫国、末盧国など）の地方王国と共に、日本海沿岸の一大勢力を築いていた。
English: In particular Ninokuni is thought to have secured power through trade with the Chinese continent; one theory (Tango Kingdom theory) says that the kingdom was as independent as Yamato Dynasty, which was established later.
Japanese: その中でも丹国は、のちのヤマト王権に並ぶ独立性を持っていたとする説（丹後王国論）があるように、大陸との交易により力を備えていたと考えられている。
English: Moto-ise had been enshrined near Oe-yama mountain range before it was relocated to present-day Ise City.
Japanese: 伊勢神宮が現在の伊勢市に移る前には、元伊勢が大江山の近くに鎮座していた。
English: When the Yamato Dynasty expanded its power in the Nara Basin, local kingdoms in Kitakinki showed allegiance to the Yamato Dynasty, making Kitakinki the north entrance of Yamato Dynasty.
Japanese: 奈良盆地でヤマト王権が勢力を拡大すると、北近畿の地方王国はヤマト王権に恭順し、北近畿はヤマト王権の北の入口となった。
English: The ancient provincial offices of Tanba were located in Kameoka City far from Moto-ise but quite close to Yamashiro Province.
Japanese: 丹波国府は元伊勢から離れた場所で、山城国に極めて近い亀岡市に置かれた。
English: In particular Wakasa Province played an important role as a fortress near Kinai and part of 'Miketsukuni'--which transported food to Kinai and supplied the royal family--as it transported seafood such as mackerel to Kinai area.
Japanese: 中でも若狭国は、畿内に近い要衝として、サバなどの海産物を畿内に輸送していたため、「御食国（みけつくに）」の一角となった。
English: During the Sengoku period (Japan), local samurai lords, once high ranking officials of Hosokawa clan who was a shugo (military governor) in the area, controlled their own territories within Tanba Province after Hosokawa clan had weakened.
Japanese: 戦国時代(日本)には、守護の細川氏が弱体化した丹波地方にはかつての細川氏の被官であった国人領主がそれぞれ割拠した。
English: In the Wakasa and Tanba regions, conflicts between the Takeda clan and Isshiki clan who was a former shugo continued but both clans weakened due to their internal disputes.
Japanese: 若狭・丹後地方は守護の武田氏と旧守護の一色氏が抗争をつづけたものの共に内紛により弱体化していった。
English: When Nobunaga ODA emerged and seized political power in Kinai, the clans were expelled and instead Nagahide NIWA, Mitsuhide AKECHI and Yusai HOSOKAWA under Nobunaga ODA became the ruler of Kitakinki.
Japanese: 畿内において織田信長が台頭し政治の実権を握るとそれらの勢力は駆逐され、信長の配下の丹羽長秀、明智光秀、細川幽斎などが北近畿を支配するようになる。
English: After the Honnoji Incident where Nobunaga was killed, Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI brought down Mitsuhide, and Nagahide, and Fujitaka rendered homage and service to Hideyoshi; Kitakinki was divided again under the Toyotomi administration.
Japanese: 本能寺の変で信長が斃れると、代わって台頭した豊臣秀吉により光秀は倒され長秀と藤孝は臣従し、北近畿は豊臣政権の支配の下に再配分された。
English: In the Battle of Sekigahara after the death of Hideyoshi, Kitakinki became site of many fierce battles, including the Battle of Tanabe-jo Castle.
Japanese: 秀吉没後の関ヶ原の戦いにおいては、北近畿は田辺城の戦いなど激戦地域の一つとなる。
English: In the Edo period, Kitakinki was divided and controlled by small clans such as the Miyazu clan, Obama clan, Tango Tanabe clan, Fukuchiyama clan, Ayabe clan, Sasayama clan, Toyooka clan, and Izushi clan.
Japanese: 江戸時代に入ると、北近畿には、宮津藩、小浜藩、丹後田辺藩、福知山藩、綾部藩、篠山藩、豊岡藩、出石藩といった小さな藩が分立した。
English: Some local industries in this region began during this period; for example bags produced within Toyooka City, which started with the product Salix koriyanagi, and the spinning industry in Ayabe City.
Japanese: 杞柳（こりやなぎ）製品から始まった豊岡市の鞄、綾部市の紡績業といった地場産業には、この時期に興った物もある。
English: The Meiji Government, which came into being after the Edo bakufu was (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) abolished, removed clans and established prefectures; former Ninokuni became Toyooka Prefecture and the area east of Mt. Aoba (Kyoto and Fukui Prefectures) became Tsuruga Prefecture.
Japanese: 江戸幕府が倒されて明治政府が誕生すると、廃藩置県によって、かつての丹国は豊岡県に、青葉山(京都府・福井県)以東は敦賀県になった。
English: However, on August 21, 1876, Toyooka Prefecture and Tsuruga Prefecture were abolished and joined prefectures covering areas along the Sanyodo Road or the Nakasendo Road.
Japanese: しかし、1876年8月21日には、豊岡県と敦賀県は廃止され、山陽道沿線や中山道沿線の府県に編入された。
English: Under the plan for promoting national prosperity and defense in the Meiji period, Maizuru Chinju-fu (Maizuru navy base) was established in a once-isolated village of Higashi-Maizuru (eastern Maizuru City) and became one of the biggest military base along the coast of the Japan Sea, which contributed to its rapid development as a military city and the creation of one of the leading urban areas of Japan-Sea side of Japan.
Japanese: 富国強兵政策が執られた明治時代には、いままで寒村であった東舞鶴（舞鶴市東部）に舞鶴鎮守府が設置され、日本海沿岸の一大軍事拠点となり、軍都として急速に発展し、日本海側有数の都市圏を形成することとなった。
English: With this development, a railroad was built from Osaka City, Kyoto city, and Tsuruga City to Maizuru; thus the railway was laid out in Kitakinki.
Japanese: これと前後して、大阪市や京都市や敦賀市から舞鶴に向けての鉄道が敷設され、北近畿にも鉄道の敷設が進められた。
English: Depopulation has been found in some areas of Kitakinki, because it does not belong to the Pacific Belt, a center of rapid economic growth zone.
Japanese: 第二次世界大戦後には、特に高度経済成長期に太平洋ベルトから漏れたため、北近畿でも過疎化した地域が見られるようになった。
English: Now, however, the Maizuru Wakasa Expressway and Kyoto Prefecture-led industry parks are being built.
Japanese: しかし、現在では舞鶴若狭自動車道の整備や、京都府が主導する工業団地の建設などが進められている。
English: The transportation system in this region was developed earlier than other regions, due to the establishment of Maizuru Chinju-fu in Maizuru City.
Japanese: 舞鶴市に舞鶴鎮守府が設置されることになったため、鉄道は他の地方に比べて比較的早く整備されている。
English: Railroads that run as trunk lines are the Sanin Main Line and the Fukuchiyama Line built by Kyoto Railway and Hankaku Railway, as well as the Maizuru Line and the Obama Line built by former Japanese National Railways.
Japanese: 京都鉄道・阪鶴鉄道によって敷設された山陰本線と福知山線、旧日本国有鉄道によって敷設された舞鶴線と小浜線が、幹線として通っている。
English: Although expressway construction was slow, the Maizuru Wakasa Expressway was completed to connect Tsuruga City and Hanshin regions; the Sanin Expressway and the Kyoto Longitudinal Expressway are being built to directly connect Kyoto City and Tottori City (the section between the Miyazu Amanohashidate Interchange and the Maizuru Oe Interchange is now open).
Japanese: 高速道路は整備が遅れていたが、現在は舞鶴若狭自動車道が敦賀市方面と阪神方面を貫くとともに、山陰自動車道・京都縦貫自動車道が京都市方面と鳥取市方面を貫くべく建設中である（現在は宮津天橋立インターチェンジから舞鶴大江インターチェンジまでが開通）。
English: In addition, the Kitakinki Toyooka Expressway branches off at the Maizuru Wakasa Expressway Kasuga Interchange (Hyogo Prefecture) and is open for service until Hikami Interchange.
Japanese: 又、北近畿豊岡自動車道が舞鶴若狭道春日インターチェンジ(兵庫県)より分岐し、氷上インターチェンジまで開通。
English: It extended to the Wadayama Interchange in 2006 and connected with the Bantan renraku Road.
Japanese: 2006年には和田山インターチェンジまで延伸し、播但連絡道路と連絡している。
English: Maizuru bay comprises Wakasa Bay and its mouth is Y-shaped oriented north-northeast.
Japanese: 舞鶴湾は若狭湾の一部をなし、湾口が北北東の方向を向いたY字の形状をしている。
English: Therefore the inside of the bay is very calm and quiet with an extremely small tidal range not higher than 30 cm.
Japanese: そのため、湾内は極めて静穏であるほか、湾内の干満差が最大でも30cmと極めて小さい。
English: The bay has an average depth of twenty meters, meeting requirements for a suitable port due to the 300- to 400-meter-high mountains surrounding the bay, which block strong winds and stormy weather.
Japanese: 平均水深20mで、また四方を300～400m級の山で囲まれていることから、強風や荒天を避けることができ、良港としての条件を備えている。
English: It was also regarded as important as a military base because its insides could not be seen from the Japan Sea.
Japanese: また日本海から湾内を目視する事ができないため、軍事上の拠点として重要視された。
English: After World War Two it was a repatriation port for returnees from the Chinese continent; about 660 thousand people returned home at Taira-sanbashi Bridge over thirteen years.
Japanese: 戦後は大陸からの引揚げの拠点となり、平桟橋には13年にわたって約66万人の人々が祖国への帰還を果たした。
English: In recent years, Maizuru City has actively appealed Maizuru Port's scenic beauty formed by its ria coast.
Japanese: また近年では舞鶴市の観光事業として舞鶴湾のリアス式海岸の景色の美しさを積極的にPRしている。
English: The superb view afforded by Gorogadake Sky Tower, which opened in 1995, was selected to be included in the 100 Most Beautiful Scenes of Kinki region.
Japanese: 1995年（平成7年）に開業した五老岳スカイタワーからの舞鶴湾の絶景は近畿百景第1位にも選ばれた。
English: During the Meiji period, Maizuru Chinju-fu--the only navy base on the Japan Sea side of Japan--opened and flourished as a naval port.
Japanese: 明治時代に日本海側唯一の海軍鎮守府舞鶴鎮守府が開府し、軍港として繁栄した。
English: It is well known that most ships set sail from this port during the Russo-Japanese War, and many repatriation ships from Siberia returned home at this port.
Japanese: 日露戦争の際、そのほとんどの船がここから出港したことは有名で、シベリア抑留等からの引き揚げの際も多数の船が舞鶴港に帰港している。
English: It is largely divided into two ports--East Port and West Port; East Port is a navy port where the Maritime Self-Defense Force Maizuru District Headquarters is located; West Port has been developed as an international trade port having regular services heading to and from countries such as the People's Republic of China, Republic of Korea, and Russian Federation.
Japanese: 現在は大きく2つの港に分れており、東港が海上自衛隊舞鶴地方総監部が鎮座する軍港、西港が中華人民共和国・大韓民国・ロシアなどへの定期航路をもつ国際貿易港として発展している。
English: Maizuru Port, which faces the Japan Sea and is located in the western part of the Wakasa Bay within Maizuru Bay, is known as a suitable port, due to its formation as an inlet off the open sea and is less subject to weather conditions.
Japanese: 日本海に面する舞鶴港は、若狭湾西部の舞鶴湾にあり、外海に対して入り江になっているため、比較的天候に左右されにくく、天然の良港として知られている。
English: For reference, it was selected as one of the 'Best Fifty Ports,' planned and compiled by Kyodo News and Federation of Local Newspaper Companies in 2005.
Japanese: なお、2005年（平成17年）に、共同通信社と全国地方新聞社連合会が企画・編集した「港50選」のひとつに選ばれている。
English: Since the East Port was designated as a naval port to house the Maizuru Chinju-fu in 1901, the former Japanese Imperial Navy not only developed it as the harbor but also reclaimed the land of Higashi Maizuru area--once merely an inlet.
Japanese: 東港は1901年に軍港に指定され舞鶴鎮守府が開設されて以来、大日本帝国海軍が港湾のみならず、本来単なる入り江に過ぎなかった東舞鶴地区の土地造成も行った。
English: Today, it still provides bases for the Escort Flotilla 3 and Maizuru District Headquarters of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, acting as a key strongpoint to defend the Japan Sea side of Japan.
Japanese: 現在でも海上自衛隊の第3護衛隊群や舞鶴総監部などが基地を構え日本海側防衛の重要拠点となっている。
English: In recent years, its military importance is increasing due to incidences involving North Korean covert-operation boats; therefore the Maizuru Air Port was built to deploy the Maizuru Fleet Air Force and the Special Boarding Unit
Japanese: 近年では朝鮮民主主義人民共和国の工作船事件などで軍事上の重要度が高まり、舞鶴飛行場が建設され舞鶴航空隊や特別警備隊が配備された。
English: Universal Shipbuilding Corporation, which has observed the traditions of the Old Imperial Navy Maizuru Navy Arsenal, is also located in the East Port, and its shipbuilding dock can be seen at the end of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's dock.
Japanese: また東港では旧帝国海軍舞鶴工廠の伝統を受け継ぐユニバーサル造船があり、自衛隊桟橋の先に造船ドックを見ることができる。