Shokawa [village] - Shokawa

Japanese: 荘川[村] - しょうかわ

A village in Ono County, northwest of Gifu Prefecture. Population 1,390 (1995). Located upstream of the Shogawa River, the village is located in the Hida Highlands, at an altitude of over 700m. Together with the neighboring village of Shirakawa to the north, it is called Shirakawa-go, and many Gassho-style houses remain to this day. Most of the village area is covered by forests, and agriculture and forestry are the main industries, but with the construction of the Miboro Dam in 1961, 40% of the rice paddies and 20% of the fields in the four areas of Kaijo, Nakano, Akaya, and Iwase were submerged. It was once known as a hidden area of Oku-Hida, but now National Routes 156 and 158 have been developed, and the area is becoming a tourist destination, centered around the dam lake.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

岐阜県北西部，大野郡の村。人口1390(1995)。庄川の上流に位置し，村域全体が標高700m以上の飛驒高地にある。北隣の白川村とともに白川郷と呼ばれ，合掌造の民家が今に残る。村域の大部分が山林で農林業を主とするが，1961年の御母衣（みぼろ）ダム建設にともなって海上，中野，赤谷，岩瀬の4地区，耕地では水田の40％，畑の20％が水没した。かつては奥飛驒の秘境といわれたが，現在は国道156号，158号線が整備され，ダム湖を中心に観光地化が進んでいる。

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