Kajikawa

Japanese: 加治川 - かじかわ

A former village area in northern Niigata Prefecture, northern Shibata City. It is located on the right bank of the Kaji River, in the northern part of the Niigata Plain. In 1955, Kaji Village and Kanazuka Village were merged to form Kajikawa Village. In 2005, it was incorporated into Shibata City. It is divided into an old mountain settlement on the east side and a new rice field settlement on the west side, which was created by the reclamation of Shiunjigata Lake after the mid-Edo period. In addition to early-season rice, it produces shiitake mushrooms and vegetables. The Tochidaira cherry forest on Mt. Omine is a national natural monument. The famous cherry blossom spot on the Kaji River embankment was cut down and disappeared due to restoration work after two floods in 1966 and 1967. The Okuyamaso Castle Ruins are designated as a national historic site. Part of it belongs to Tainai-Nioji Prefectural Natural Park.

Kajigawa

This river originates in the Iide Mountains in northern Niigata Prefecture, flows west through the northern part of the Niigata Plain, and empties into the Sea of Japan. Its total length is approximately 65 km. In the early modern period, its course was developed as part of the Shibata Domain's flood control and rice reclamation policies. With the completion of the Kaji River Diversion Channel (1914) as a direct national project, the river basin became a grain-producing region. However, torrential rains in 1966 and 1967 caused the downstream area to break its levees, resulting in continuous major damage. As a result, the Kaji River Flood Control Dam and Uchinokura Multipurpose Dam were constructed upstream as part of an improvement and restoration project. There are power plants on the Kaji River and the Iide River No. 1 and No. 2. The upstream part of the river is part of Bandai-Asahi National Park.

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Japanese:

新潟県北部，新発田市北部の旧村域。新潟平野の北部，加治川の右岸にある。 1955年加治村と金塚村が合体して加治川村が成立。 2005年新発田市に編入。東側の山手の古い集落と，西側の江戸中期以後の紫雲寺潟干拓による新田集落に分けられる。早場米に加え，シイタケ，野菜を産する。大峰山の橡平 (とちだいら) サクラ樹林は国の天然記念物。加治川堤防の桜の名所は 1966年，1967年の2度にわたる水害の復旧事業のため，伐採し消えた。奥山荘城館遺跡は国の史跡に指定。一部は胎内二王子県立自然公園に属する。

加治川
かじがわ

新潟県北部，飯豊山地に発し，新潟平野の北部を西流して日本海に注ぐ川。全長約 65km。近世，新発田藩の治水・開田政策で流路が整備された。国の直轄事業による加治川分水路の完成 (1914) で流域は穀倉地帯となる。しかし 1966，67年の集中豪雨で下流は破堤し連続して大被害を受けた。このため改良復旧事業で，上流に加治川治水ダム，内ノ倉多目的ダムが建設された。加治川，飯豊川第1・第2の発電所がある。上流部は磐梯朝日国立公園に属する。

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