Akasaka Township

Japanese: 赤坂郷 - あかさかごう
Akasaka Township

...Although flat areas are scattered along the coast, most of the area is forested and wild. Since the Middle Ages, it has been called Akasaka-go, and its center, Akasaka-Nakano, was a key location on the highway connecting Tanagura and Asakawa in the Nakadori area with Nakoso in the Hamadori area. Konjac potato and tobacco leaf cultivation and livestock farming are thriving, and since 1975 the Abukuma Mountains Development Project has been underway, opening up pastures and pastureland.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Akasaka-go" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…沿岸に平地が点在するが,大部分は山林原野である。中世以降赤坂郷と呼ばれ,中心の赤坂中野は中通りの棚倉や浅川と,浜通りの勿来(なこそ)を結ぶ街道の要地であった。コンニャク芋や葉タバコの栽培,畜産が盛んで,1975年からは阿武隈山系開発事業が進められ,放牧場,牧草地が開かれている。…

※「赤坂郷」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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