Sakai [village] - Sakai

Japanese: 坂井[村] - さかい

A village in Higashichikuma County, central Nagano Prefecture. Population 1,724 (1995). A mountain village surrounded by Mt. Azumaya, Mt. Obayashi, and Mt. Kamuriki in the Chikuma Mountains, with settlements scattered along the main tributary of the Omi River, a tributary of the Sai River. Agriculture is the main industry, but in recent years, sericulture has declined significantly due to an increase in part-time farmers, and cultivation of enoki mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms has increased. Pig farming and dairy farming have also become popular due to the creation of a livestock complex. There are factories producing electrical parts and automobile parts, and the Omi Interchange on the Nagano Expressway is located near the northern edge, so many people commute to Matsumoto City and Nagano City using the JR Shinonoi Line and other lines.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

長野県中部，東筑摩郡の村。人口1724(1995)。筑摩山地の四阿屋（あずまや）山，大林山，冠着（かむりき）山に囲まれた農山村で，犀（さい）川支流の麻績（おみ）川本支流沿いに集落が散在する。農業が主産業であるが，近年兼業農家の増加などで養蚕が大幅に減少し，エノキタケ，シイタケ栽培が伸びている。畜産団地化によって養豚，酪農なども盛んとなった。電気部品，自動車部品などの工場があり，北縁部近くに長野自動車道麻績インターチェンジがあり，JR篠ノ井線などを利用する松本市，長野市への通勤者も多い。

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