Aizu Takada

The former name of a town (Aizu-Takada-machi) in Onuma-gun, western Fukushima Prefecture. Currently, the area occupies the central to southern part of Aizu-Misato-machi. The former Aizu-Takada-machi was formed in 1955 (Showa 30) when Takada-machi (established as a town in 1896) merged with six villages: Akazawa, Nagaino, Omata, Higashi-Ogi, Asahi, and Fujikawa. In 2005 (Heisei 17), it merged with Aizu-Hongo-machi and Niitsuru-mura to form Aizu-Misato-machi. Takada, the center of this region, is located on a slight elevation along the Miyagawa River, and the place name is derived from this. The northeastern part is the floodplain of the Okawa River, and the southwestern part is mountainous on the southern edge of the Aizu Basin, and agriculture is the main industry. In addition to rice, tobacco and hops are also cultivated, and plums are a specialty product. Takada was a post town on the Shimotsuke back road from Bange to Ouchi (now Shimogo Town), where a Rokusaiichi market was held, and where the county office was located during the Meiji period. It is also the location of the Aizu Misato Town Hall. In 1926 (Taisho 15), when the Aizu Line (now the JR Tadami Line) was extended to Bange, Aizu-Takada Station was opened. National Route 401 runs through the town. The rice planting ritual at Isasu Shrine in Oshu Ninomiya is a prefectural intangible folk cultural asset. Hoyo-ji Temple is home to the oldest Chinese-style built shrine and Buddhist altar in the main hall in Aizu, as well as wooden standing statues of Kongorikishi from the late Heian period (both designated Important Cultural Properties of Japan), and Ryuko-ji Temple is home to the National Treasure ``Ichiji Rendai Hoke Kyo'', a sutra copied in the Heian period.

[Yasuda Hatsuo]

"Aizu-Takada Town Journal" (1966, Aizu-Takada Town) "Aizu-Takada Town History" 7 volumes (1995-2002, Aizu-Takada Town)

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福島県西部、大沼郡にあった旧町名（会津高田町(まち)）。現在は会津美里(みさと)町の中部から南部を占める地域。旧会津高田町は、1955年（昭和30）高田町（1896年町制）と赤沢、永井野、尾岐(おまた)、東尾岐、旭(あさひ)、藤川の6村が合併して成立。2005年（平成17）会津本郷町、新鶴(にいつる)村と合併して会津美里町となる。この地域の中心の高田は宮川沿岸の微高地上にあり、地名もそれに由来する。北東部は大川の氾濫(はんらん)原、南西部は会津盆地南縁の山地で、農業が主。米作のほかタバコ、ホップ栽培も行われ、特産にウメがある。高田は、坂下(ばんげ)から大内(おおうち)（現、下郷(しもごう)町）への下野(しもつけ)裏街道の宿場で、六斎市(ろくさいいち)も開かれ、明治時代には郡役所が置かれた。会津美里町役場の所在地である。1926年（大正15）会津線（現、JR只見(ただみ)線）が坂下まで開通したとき会津高田駅が開設された。国道401号が通じる。奥州二の宮の伊佐須美神社(いさすみじんじゃ)の田植え神事は県の無形民俗文化財。法用寺には会津最古の唐様(からよう)造りの本堂内厨子(ずし)及び仏壇、平安後期の木造金剛力士立像（ともに国の重要文化財）などがあり、竜興寺には平安時代に写経された国宝の『一字蓮台法華(れんだいほけ)経』がある。

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『『会津高田町誌』（1966・会津高田町）』▽『『会津高田町史』全7巻（1995～2002・会津高田町）』

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