Shinshinotsu [village] - Shinshinotsu

Japanese: 新篠津[村] - しんしのつ

A village in Ishikari District, Ishikari Subprefecture, central Hokkaido. Population 3,994 (1995). Most of the village is located on the plains on the west bank of the Ishikari River, which flows south. It is mostly low-lying marshland and peatland, and has been used for a long time as extensive grassland and pastureland due to constant flooding and inundation. Since 1955, with financing from the World Bank, drainage of the plains, soil addition, and road construction have been carried out, and as a result, nearly two-thirds of the village area, about 50 km2, has been transformed into a rice paddy farming village. The land is divided into regularly-spaced 500m square plots based on the township system of the United States.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

北海道中央部，石狩支庁石狩郡の村。人口3994(1995)。村の大部分は南流する石狩川西岸の原野にあって，低湿地泥炭地が多く，常にはんらんや冠水を繰り返してきたため，永らく粗放的な草地や放牧地として利用されてきた。1955年から世界銀行の融資をうけ，この原野の排水，客土，道路建設の事業が進められた結果，現在では村域の2/3近い約50km2が水田という農村に生まれ変わった。土地割りはアメリカ合衆国のタウンシップ制に基づいて，500m四方の方形の土地が規則正しく配列されている。

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