Kajikawa [Village] - Kajikawa

Japanese: 加治川[村] - かじかわ

A village in Kitakanbara County in northern Niigata Prefecture. Population 7,657 (1995). The western part of the village is made up of an alluvial fan on the north bank of the mouth of the Kaji River, and the eastern part is made up of the Kushigata Mountains. The area is known for producing high-quality Kajigawa rice, centered on the Shiunjigata New Fields, which were created by land reclamation during the Kyoho era (1716-1736). As a single-crop rice paddy area, mechanization was implemented early on, and the rice yield per unit area is among the highest in the prefecture. In recent years, livestock farming, vegetable cultivation, and tulip bulb cultivation have also become popular, and shiitake mushroom cultivation and Nishikigoi carp farming are also carried out in the mountains. The Kajigawa cherry blossoms, known as the long bank ten ri long, were cut down for river improvement work after the floods of 1966 and 1967, but restoration work is underway.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

新潟県北部，北蒲原郡の村。人口7657(1995)。西部は加治川の谷口北岸の扇状地，東部は櫛形山地からなる。享保年間(1716‐36)の干拓によって生まれた紫雲寺潟新田を中心に，良質の加治川米の産地として知られる。水田単作地域で，機械化も早くから進み，米の単位面積当り収量は県下でも最上位にある。近年は畜産，蔬菜栽培，チューリップの球根栽培も盛んで，山地でのシイタケ栽培やニシキゴイの養殖も行われる。長堤十里といわれた加治川桜は，1966年，67年の水害のあと河川改修のため伐採されたが，復元作業が進められている。

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