Okuaizu

Japanese: 奥会津 - おくあいづ
Okuaizu

…The name of the area upstream of the Tadami River that flows along the border between Niigata and Fukushima Prefectures. It is mainly called this in Niigata Prefecture, but in Fukushima Prefecture it is called Oku-Aizu. It refers to the area upstream of the Tagokura Dam, surrounded by mountains with an altitude of 2,000 meters, such as the Echigo Sanzan and Hiragatake. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Oku-Aizu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…新潟・福島県境を流れる只見川上流の地域名。主として新潟県における呼称で,福島県では奥会津という。越後三山,平ヶ岳など標高2000m級の山々に囲まれた田子倉ダムより上流の地域を指す。…

※「奥会津」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Okuizaka

>>:  awk - awk

Recommend

Inukaibe - Inukaibe

One of the Shinabe clans in the pre-Taika period. ...

Kaiga

A large river that flows through North China. It ...

Ooki Sentoku

…Published in 1704 (Genroku 17). Edited by Oki Se...

Lifelong sports - Shougaisupotsu (English spelling) lifelong sports

It is about people enjoying sports activities thr...

Kafiristan - Kafiristan

...The language of the Gypsies, who are now scatt...

Costume - Ekoku

〘Noun〙 ("裓" means collar or hem) A Buddh...

Ceratocystis piceae (English name) Ceratocystispiceae

…[Tsubaki Keisuke]. . . *Some of the terminology ...

Alexander's Ragtime Band

…From an early age, he became a traveling enterta...

Brassocattleya

...Many intergeneric hybrids have also been produ...

Class organization - pupil classification

The division and organization of children and stud...

Daikon (Japanese radish) - Japanese radish

Also known as Oone or Suzushiro. A one- to two-yea...

Kamiyamada Line - Kamiyamada Line

In July 1907, the railway was transferred to the ...

Eau de Bicidle - Eau de Bicidle

…Apple brandy from Calvados in the Normandy regio...

Pantheon - Pantheon (English spelling)

An ancient Roman temple in Rome. Built by Emperor...

Macrofractography

…The fracture process is recorded on the fracture...