Katsurao [village] - Katsurao

Japanese: 葛尾[村] - かつらお

A village in Futaba County, eastern Fukushima Prefecture. Population 1,831 (1995). Located in the mountains of the Abukuma Highlands, it occupies the upper reaches of the Takase River. It is surrounded by mountains with elevations of 600-1,000m, and about half of the village area is forest and wilderness. Ochiai, the village's center, is at the confluence of the Takase River and its tributaries, the Katsurao River and the Nogawa River. Before World War II, the village was centered on horse breeding and sericulture, but after the war many settlers came to pioneer the area, and pioneer settlements such as Kashiwara, Nogyo, and Koideya were formed in the northeastern part of the village. Horse breeding and sericulture did not do well after the war, and in recent years rice and tobacco cultivation has also decreased due to production adjustments, and the village now focuses on raising beef and dairy cattle.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

福島県東部，双葉郡の村。人口1831(1995)。阿武隈高地の山中にあり，高瀬川上流域を占める。周囲を標高600～1000mの山々に囲まれ，村域の約半分が山林原野からなる。中心の落合は高瀬川と支流の葛尾川，野川の合流点にある。第2次大戦前までは馬産，養蚕が中心であったが，戦後は開拓入植者が多く，村の北東部に柏原，野行，小出谷などの開拓集落が形成された。馬産，養蚕は戦後振るわず，近年，米や葉タバコ栽培も生産調整により減少し，肉牛，乳牛の飼育が中心となっている。

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