Otaru / 小樽

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About Otaru / 小樽

The city was an Ainu habitation, and the name "Otaru" is recognised as being of Ainu origin, possibly meaning "River running through the sandy beach". The very small remaining part of the Temiya Cave contains cave carvings from the Zoku-Joumon period of Ainu history, c. 400 A.D. Otaru was recognised as a village by the bakufu in 1865, and in 1880 the first railway line in Hokkaido was opened with daily service between Otaru and Sapporo. Otaru was redesignated as a city on August 1st, 1922.
Please see, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaru

小樽市（おたるし）は、北海道、札幌市の北西に隣接する市。石狩湾に面し、古くから港湾都市として発展した。歴史的建造物が数多く、全国有数の観光都市としても人気が高い。また、隣接する札幌市のベッドタウンとしての役割も持つ。
後志支庁管内では唯一の市であり最も多くの人口を抱えるが、支庁は内陸の倶知安町に置かれている。
詳しくは、http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/小樽市