Kitagawa [village] - Kitagawa

Japanese: 北川[村] - きたがわ

A village in Aki District, eastern Kochi Prefecture. Population 1,650 (1995). It borders Muroto City to the south and Tokushima Prefecture to the northeast. The Nahari River flows south through the center, with a small amount of cultivated land along the coast and scattered settlements. Almost the entire area is covered by forest, where cedar and cypress are produced, as well as the greenhouse cultivation of the local specialty yuzu. Since the 1960s, power development has been carried out in the Nahari River system, and power plants have been built in Nagayama, Futamata, and Yanase. Nakaoka Shintaro, a patriot of the late Edo period, was born here. [Hagiwara Tsuyoshi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

高知県東部，安芸郡の村。人口1650(1995)。南は室戸市，北東は徳島県に接する。中央部を奈半利川が南流し，沿岸にわずかに耕地が開け，集落が点在する。ほぼ全域を山林が占め，杉，ヒノキの生産のほか，特産のユズのハウス栽培も行われる。1960年代より奈半利川水系の電源開発が行われ，長山，二又，魚梁瀬（やなせ）に発電所が建設された。幕末の志士中岡慎太郎の生家がある。【萩原毅】

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

<<: Kitagawa Utamaro

>>: Kitagawa [town] - Kitagawa