Okutomi Village

...A city in southern Saitama Prefecture. It straddles the Musashino Plateau and the Iruma Plateau, separated by the northwest-flowing Iruma River. Population 162,240 (1995). In 1954, Irumagawacho and the five villages of Iruma, Horikane, Okutomi, Kashiwara, and Mizutomi were merged to form a city. Irumagawa, located in the center of the city, was established as a settlement where the Kamakura Highway crossed the Iruma River, and in the Edo period, 2 and 7 six towns were established. The water-poor characteristics of the Musashino Plateau are well reflected in the place name Nigemizu and the remains of Horikane Well and Nanamagari Well. In 1895, the Kawagoe Railway (now the Seibu Shinjuku Line) was opened. ...

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…埼玉県南部の市。北西流する入間（いるま）川をはさんで武蔵野台地と入間台地にまたがる。人口16万2240(1995)。1954年入間川町と入間，堀兼，奥富，柏原，水富の5村が合体，市制。中心の入間川は鎌倉街道が入間川を渡る地点の集落として起こり，江戸時代は2･7の六斎市が立った。逃水（(にげみず)）という地名や堀兼井，七曲井の遺構などに，水の乏しい武蔵野台地の特性がよく表れている。1895年に，川越鉄道(現，西武新宿線)が開通した。…

※「奥富村」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。

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