Kamihira [village] - Kamiita

Japanese: 上平[村] - かみたいら

A village in Higashitonami District, in the southwestern tip of Toyama Prefecture. Population 1,016 (1995). Occupying the gorge and mountainous area of the upper Sho River, it borders Shirakawa Village, Ono District, Gifu Prefecture to the south. Also known as Gokayama along with the neighboring villages of Taira and Toga, it is a typical isolated mountain village, and was part of the Kaga Domain in the early modern period. The development of power sources and road construction in the Sho River system, which began at the end of the Taisho period, made it easier for people and goods to move, but at the same time, depopulation progressed and the number of Gassho-style houses decreased. There are five hydroelectric power plants (as of 1997) operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. in the Sho River system: Obara (output 45,700 kW), Shin-Obara (45,000 kW), Naride (35,000 kW), Shin-Naride (58,200 kW), and Akao (32,500 kW).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

富山県南西端，東砺波郡の村。人口1016(1995)。庄川上流の峡谷と山地を占め，南は岐阜県大野郡白川村に接する。隣接の平村，利賀（とが）村とともに五箇山（ごかやま）とも呼ばれ，典型的な隔絶山村で，近世は加賀藩領であった。大正末から始まった庄川水系の電源開発･道路整備により，人と物資の移動が容易になったが，同時に過疎化が進み，合掌造民家も減少した。庄川水系には関西電力の小原(出力4.57万kW)，新小原(4.5万kW)，成出(3.5万kW)，新成出(5.82万kW)，赤尾(3.25万kW)の5水力発電所(1997年現在)がある。

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