Kamishihi [village] - Kamishihi

Japanese: 上志比[村] - かみしひ

A village in Yoshida County in northern Fukui Prefecture. Population 3,654 (1995). Located on the south bank of the midstream of the Kuzuryu River, the village's plains are made up of the alluvial lowlands of the Kuzuryu River and a small alluvial fan formed by four tributaries flowing north. Located on the Katsuyama Highway, which connects the Fukui Plain in the west with the Ono Basin in the east, the village developed as a post town, with a ferry crossing over the Kuzuryu River at Kobunato on the northeastern edge. The village's name comes from the fact that this area was called Shibiso in ancient times. Most of the village area is covered by forests where cedars and pine trees grow well, and along with agriculture, mainly rice farming, the village's main industry is agriculture.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

福井県北部，吉田郡の村。人口3654(1995)。九頭竜川中流南岸に位置し，九頭竜川の沖積低地と北流する4本の支流がつくる小扇状地が本村の平野部をなす。西の福井平野と東の大野盆地を結ぶ勝山街道の道筋に当たり宿場町として発達し，北東端の小船渡（こぶなと）には九頭竜川の渡し場があった。村名は古来当地方一帯を志比荘と称したことによる。村域の大半が山林で杉，松がよく生育し，米作を中心とする農業とともに村の基幹産業となっている。

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