Kashiwazaki, Niigata

Kashiwazaki (Japanese柏 崎 市, - shi) is a city in the interior of the Niigata prefecture on Honshu, the main island of Japan.

Geography

Kashiwazaki is located west of Nagaoka and northeast of Joetsu at the Sea of ​​Japan.

History

The city of Kashiwazaki was established on 1 April 1940.

On 16 July 2007, the Niigata Chuetsu - coast 2007 earthquake shook the city. In Kashiwazaki it reached the highest value on the JMA scale.

Traffic

• Train: JR Shin'etsu Main Line
• JR Echigo Line

• Hokuriku Expressway
• National Highway 8
• National road 116, 252, 291, 352, 353, 460

Sons and daughters of the town

• Tanaka Kakuei ( 64th and 65th Prime Minister of Japan )
• Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (founder of the Soka Gakkai )
• Mihiro Taniguchi ( Model, singer and actress)

Adjacent Cities and Towns

• Joetsu
• Tokamachi
• Nagaoka
• Kariwa

Economy

North of the town is the Kashiwazaki - Kariwa nuclear power plant.