Kanose [town] - Kanose

Japanese: 鹿瀬[町] - かのせ

A former town in the midstream of the Agano River in Higashikanbara County, Niigata Prefecture. Kanose, the main settlement in the river valley and through which the Ban'etsu West Line passes, developed after a dam was built in the early Showa period and a chemical fertilizer factory (Showa Denko, now Kanose Denko) was built using hydropower. In 1965, the Agano River mercury poisoning incident occurred due to factory wastewater. The town is home to the Agano River Line and Kirinzan Hot Springs. In April 2005, it merged with Tsugawa Town, Kamikawa Village, and Mikawa Village in Higashikanbara County to become Aga Town. 257.69 ^km2 . 2,852 people (2003). →Minamata disease

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Japanese:

新潟県東蒲原(ひがしかんばら)郡，阿賀野川中流域の旧町。河谷にあり磐越西(ばんえつさい)線が通じる主集落の鹿瀬は昭和初期のダム建設後水力利用の化学肥料工場（昭和電工，現在の鹿瀬電工）が立地して発展したが，1965年には工場排水による阿賀野川水銀中毒事件が発生した。阿賀野川ライン，麒麟山(きりんざん)温泉がある。2005年４月東蒲原郡津川町，上川村，三川村と合併し町制，阿賀町となる。257.69km²。2852人（2003）。→水俣(みなまた)病

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