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Although it once flourished as the second largest city in the prefecture, with all express trains stopping there, the opening of the Shinkansen line has accelerated the city's decline due to the hollowing out of the urban area. The attraction of the Shinkansen line has not gone as planned due to issues with the parallel conventional lines, and in the future, JR's local lines will be transferred to the third sector, so the opening of the Shinkansen line has become a turning point for this city.