Kikugawa

Japanese: 菊川 - きくがわ

This is a former town area in the north of Kikugawa City, in the southwest of Shizuoka Prefecture. It is located in the middle and upper reaches of the Kikugawa River. In 1954, Horinouchi Town, Rokugo Village, Yokochi Village, Kamo Village, and Uchida Village were merged to form Kikugawa Town. In 1955, Kawashiro Village was incorporated. In 2005, it was merged with Ogasa Town to form Kikugawa City. The area is dominated by the Makinohara Plateau in the east, the Ogasayama Hills in the west, and the Kikugawa River flowing south in the center, creating a fairly wide valley bottom plain. It has been open since ancient times, and contains Yayoi ruins, cave tombs, burial mounds, and remains of the jori system. Horinouchi, the central settlement, was the castle site of the powerful Yokochi clan during the Sengoku period. Tea trading is thriving, with many tea-related factories in particular, and the city is one of the leading tea picking machine manufacturers in the country. In the surrounding areas, tea is cultivated, as well as rice and greenhouse gardening.

Kikugawa

The former town area in the central eastern part of Shimonoseki City, in western Yamaguchi Prefecture. It occupies the Tabe Basin, which opens up at the confluence of the midstream Koyagawa River and its tributary, the Tabe River. In 1955, the villages of Kikugawa and Toyotomi and part of Uchihi Village merged to form a town. In 2005, it merged with one city and three towns, Shimonoseki City, Toyoda Town, Toyoura Town, and Toyokita Town, to form Shimonoseki City. Kikugawa is another name for the Tabe River. Tabe, the central settlement, developed as a market town in the early modern period. Its main industry is agriculture, mainly rice cultivation, and its specialties include Kikugawa watermelons, Kikugawa somen noodles, sake, and soy sauce. It is home to Kikugawa Onsen. The northern part belongs to Toyota Prefectural Natural Park.

Kikugawa

A river that originates at Mt. Awagatake (514m) in the southwest of Shizuoka Prefecture, northeast of Kakegawa City, and flows into the Enshu Nada Sea. Its total length is 29km. The alluvial plain between Mt. Ogasayama and the Makinohara Plateau is covered with rice fields that still retain the remains of the jori system. Sand dunes developed at the river mouth, making it difficult to drain downstream, and flooding often occurred, but progress has been made in improving the area, turning it into a grain-producing region.

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Japanese:

静岡県南西部，菊川市北部の旧町域。菊川の中・上流域にある。 1954年堀ノ内町と六郷村，横地村，加茂村，内田村の4村が合体して菊川町が発足。 1955年河城村を編入。 2005年小笠町と合体して菊川市となった。東部は牧之原台地，西部は小笠山丘陵，中央に菊川が南流し，やや広い谷底平野をつくっている。古くから開け，弥生遺跡，横穴墓と古墳，条里制遺構が残る。中心集落の堀之内は戦国時代は豪族横地氏の居城地。茶の取り引きが盛んで，特に茶業関連工場が多く，摘採機の生産は全国有数。周辺部はチャ (茶) の栽培のほか米作，温室園芸も行なわれる。

菊川
きくがわ

山口県西部，下関市中東部の旧町域。木屋川の中流とその支流の田部川の合流点に開けた田部盆地一帯を占める。 1955年菊川村，豊東村の2村と内日村の一部が合体して町制。 2005年下関市，豊田町，豊浦町，豊北町の1市3町と合体して下関市となった。菊川は田部川の別称。中心集落の田部は近世に市場町として発展した。米作中心の農業を主産業とし，菊川すいかや菊川そうめん，酒，醤油などを特産。菊川温泉がある。北部は豊田県立自然公園に属する。