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| native_name             = 大多喜町
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{{nihongo|'''Ōtaki'''|大多喜町|Ōtaki-machi}} is a [[town]] in [[Isumi District]], [[Chiba Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. Ōtaki is at the middle of the [[Bōsō Peninsula]]. The town was the home of [[General officer|general]] [[Honda Tadakatsu]] during the [[Edo period]] (1603 &ndash; 1868). He built a large [[castle]], Ōtaki Castle. The town had a [[population]] of about 10,412 (April 2012). The total [[area]] the town is 129.83&nbsp;km².<ref name="n">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) | title = 大多喜（町） | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | accessdate = 2012-08-07 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = Japanese | trans-title = Ōtaki | oclc = 153301537 | archive-date = 2007-08-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Geography==

Ōtaki is at the center of the Bōsō Peninsula. Ōtaki has many [[hill]]s, small [[mountain]]s, and [[forests]]s. 70% of Ōtaki is covered by forest. Two [[river]]s flow through the town: the [[Isumi River]] and the [[Yōrō River]].<ref name="n" />

===Neighboring towns===
* [[Ichihara, Chiba|Ichihara]]
* [[Kimitsu, Chiba|Kimitsu]]
* [[Katsuura, Chiba|Katsuura]]
* [[Kamogawa, Chiba|Kamogawa]]
* [[Isumi, Chiba|Isumi City]]
* [[Mutsuzawa, Chiba|Mutsuzawa]]
* [[Chōnan, Chiba|Chōnan]]

==Ōtaki Castle==

Honda Tadakatsu built Ōtaki Castle on a hill in 1590. His [[samurai]] and many [[citizen]]s built houses below the castle. The castle burned in 1842. A [[replica]] (copy) of the castle was built in 1975. A small [[museum]] is inside the castle.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia= Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei |title= 小田喜城跡・大多喜城跡 |url= http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |accessdate= 2012-08-07 |year= 2012 |publisher= Shogakukan |location= Tokyo |language= ja |trans-title= Ōtaki Castle remains |id= dlc 2009238904 |oclc= 173191044 |archive-date= 2007-08-25 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |url-status= dead }}</ref>

==Transportation==
=== Railways ===
*Isumi Railway
*Kominato Railway

=== Roads ===
*Japan National Route 297, to [[Ichihara, Chiba|Ichihara]] or [[Tateyama, Chiba|Tateyama]]
*Japan National Route 465, to [[Mobara, Chiba|Mobara]] or [[Futtsu, Chiba|Futtsu]]

==References==
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==Other websites==
*[http://www.town.Ōtaki.chiba.jp/ Ōtaki website]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{in lang|ja}}

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[[Category:Settlements in Chiba Prefecture]]
[[Category:Towns in Japan]]