Kurokawa [Village] - Kurokawa

Japanese: 黒川[村] - くろかわ

A village in Kitakanbara County, northern Niigata Prefecture. Population 6,534 (1995). The village is made up of an alluvial fan on the north bank of the Tainai River, a mountain basin upstream, and the Iide Mountains. The village has produced oil since ancient times, and the entry for July in the 7th year of Tenchi (668) in the Nihon Shoki states that "fueled soil and fuel water were presented from the Echigo region," which is said to refer to this local oil. The village's name is said to come from the fact that the river turned black due to kusozu (crude oil). Rice is cultivated on the alluvial fan around the central Kurokawa River, and tobacco, shiitake mushrooms, and nameko mushrooms are cultivated and livestock are raised in the mountains, and these products are also processed.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

新潟県北部，北蒲原郡の村。人口6534(1995)。胎内川北岸の扇状地と上流の山間盆地，飯豊山地からなる。古くから石油を産し，《日本書紀》天智7年(668)7月条に〈越の国より燃土と燃水を献ず〉とあるのは，この地の石油といわれ，村名も臭水（くそうず）(原油)によって川が黒くなったことに由来するといわれる。中心地の黒川周辺の扇状地では稲作，山間地ではタバコ，シイタケ，ナメコの栽培や畜産，またこれらの産品の加工業も行われている。

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