Kashiwa [village] - Kashiwa

Japanese: 柏[村] - かしわ

A village in Nishitsugaru County, western Aomori Prefecture. Population 4,949 (1995). Located in the central Tsugaru Plain, on the alluvial plain on the west bank of the Iwaki River, over 75% of the land is made up of rice paddies and apple orchards. It was once a marshland covered with reeds, but in 1662 (Kanbun 2), it was converted into rice paddies as part of the first new rice field development under direct management by the Tsugaru Domain, and was called Hirosu Shinden. It is a grain-producing region in the prefecture that is less affected by the prevailing easterly winds, and apple cultivation has been carried out on the natural levees since the early Meiji period. In Kuwanokida, the central settlement, there is an apple tree that is said to have been planted in 1878.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

青森県西部，西津軽郡の村。人口4949(1995)。津軽平野中央部，岩木川西岸の沖積地にあり，耕地率は75％をこえ，水田とリンゴ園になっている。かつてはアシの茂る湿原であったが，1662年(寛文2)津軽藩最初の直営新田開発により水田化され，広須新田と呼ばれた。県下では偏東風(やませ)の影響の少ない穀倉地帯で，自然堤防では明治初期からリンゴ栽培が行われ，中心集落の桑野木田には，1878年に植栽されたといわれるリンゴ樹がある。

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