Kinasa [Village] - Kinasa

Japanese: 鬼無里[村] - きなさ

A village in Kamiminochi County in northern Nagano Prefecture. Population 2,523 (1995). It borders Niigata Prefecture to the north and is surrounded by mountains over 1,000 meters above sea level. It is a mountain village known for the legend of the demon woman Momiji. The Susobana River, a tributary of the Sai River, flows south through the center, and settlements are scattered in the Obira plain along the river. National Route 406 crosses the southern part of the village. In the past, it was written as Kinasa, but since the end of the Sengoku period, the characters Kinasa have been used. Agriculture, mainly rice, tobacco, dairy farming, and livestock farming, is the main industry, but much of the cultivated land is located on steep mountain slopes and productivity is low.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

長野県北部，上水内（かみみのち）郡の村。人口2523(1995)。北は新潟県に接し，周囲は標高1000m以上の山地に囲まれる。鬼女紅葉伝説でも知られる山村で，中央を犀（さい）川支流の裾花川が南流し，川沿いの小平たん地に集落が散在する。南部を国道406号線が横断する。古くは〈木那佐〉と記されたが，戦国末期以降〈鬼無里〉の字があてられるようになった。米作，タバコ栽培，酪農，畜産を中心とした農業が主産業であるが，耕地の多くが山間急傾斜地にあり，生産性は低い。

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