Otomo Village

...A city located in the Tono Basin in the center of the Kitakami Highlands in the south-central part of Iwate Prefecture. Population 28,172 (1995). In 1954, Tono Town was incorporated as a city by merging with the seven villages of Ayaori, Otomo, Tsukimoshi, Matsuzaki, Tsuchibuchi, Aosasa, and Kamigo. The central city of Tono is located in the valley of the Sarugaishi River, which flows westward, on the western edge of the Tono Basin, surrounded by the three mountains of Tono: Mt. Hayachine (1,914m), Mt. Rokkakuushi (1,294m), and Mt. Ishigami (1,038m). In the early modern period, it prospered as a castle town of the Hachinohe Nanbu Domain, and as a trading town and post town that was a junction between the inland and coastal areas.

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…岩手県中南部，北上高地中央の遠野盆地にある市。人口2万8172(1995)。1954年遠野町と綾織，小友（おとも），附馬牛（つきもうし），松崎，土淵，青笹，上郷の7村が合体，市制。遠野三山と呼ばれる早池峰（はやちね）山(1914m)，六角牛（ろつこうし）山(1294m)，石上山(1038m)に囲まれた遠野盆地の西端，西流する猿ヶ石川の河谷に中心市街の遠野がある。近世は八戸南部藩の城下町で，また内陸部と沿岸部の結節点にあたる交易の町，宿場町として繁栄した。…

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