Kamegajo - Kamegajo

...It occupies the north shore of Lake Inawashiro, and is surrounded by Mt. Bandai to the east, Mt. Adatara to the west, and the Agatsuma mountain range to the north. Cultivated land is opened up on the alluvial plains of the downstream Nagase River, which collects water from Lake Hibara in Urabandai and other places and flows into Lake Inawashiro. Inawashiro, which is in the center of the area, developed as a castle town of Kamega Castle of the Inawashiro clan in the Middle Ages. In the early modern period, Kamega Castle became a subsidiary castle of Wakamatsu Castle, and was an important location as it was also a branch point of the road that led from Wakamatsu Castle to Nihonmatsu and Fukushima.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kamegajo" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…猪苗代湖北岸を占め，東は磐梯山，西は安達太良山，北は吾妻山系に囲まれ，裏磐梯の檜原湖などの水を集め猪苗代湖に注ぐ長瀬川下流の沖積地に耕地が開ける。中心の猪苗代は中世には猪苗代氏の亀ヶ城の城下町として発達した。亀ヶ城は近世は若松城の支城となり，若松城下から二本松，福島に至る街道の分岐点にもあたる要地であった。…

※「亀ヶ城」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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