Akaike [town] - Akaike

Japanese: 赤池[町] - あかいけ

An old town in Tagawa County, Fukuoka Prefecture. The Ita Line of the Heisei Chikuho Railway runs through the town. Since the mid-Meiji period, it has rapidly developed as a mining town in the Chikuho coalfields, producing bituminous coal for fuel, but the population suddenly dropped once the main coal mine closed. A specialty of the town is Agano ware, one of the seven Enshu kilns. In March 2006, it merged with Kanada Town and Hojo Town in Tagawa County to become Fukuchi Town in Tagawa County. Area: 16.20 ^km2 . Population: 10,158 (2001).

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Japanese:

福岡県田川郡の旧町。平成筑豊鉄道の伊田線が通じる。明治中期以後筑豊炭田の炭鉱町として急速に発展し，燃料用歴青炭を産したが，主力炭鉱の閉山により，一時人口が急減した。特産に遠州七窯の一つ上野(あがの)焼がある。2006年３月，田川郡金田町，方城町と合併し町制，田川郡福智町となる。16.20km²。１万158人（2001）。

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