Taishin [village] - Taishin

Japanese: 大信[村] - たいしん

A village in Nishishirakawa District, in the central-southern part of Fukushima Prefecture. Population 5,014 (1995). Located in the southern part of the Nakadori region, it borders Shirakawa City to the south. Most of the village area is mountainous, and the Kumado River, a tributary of the Abukuma River, flows east from Mt. Gontakura in the west, creating flatlands in the basin. Agriculture consists of rice cultivation on the plains and livestock farming in the western foothills, but productivity is low, so the rate of part-time work is high, and in recent years there has been an increase in the number of people commuting to Shirakawa City, Yabuki Town, Saigo Village, and other areas. The Yabuki Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway is located on the eastern edge of the town. [Sato Yuji]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

福島県中南部，西白河郡の村。人口5014(1995)。中通り地方の南部に位置し，南は白河市に接する。村域の大半が山地で，西部の権太倉山より阿武隈川の支流隈戸川が東流して流域に平地をつくる。農業は，平地では米作，西部山麓地帯では畜産が行われるが，生産性が低いため兼業率が高く，近年は白河市，矢吹町，西郷村などへの通勤者が増加している。町東端に東北自動車道矢吹インターチェンジがある。【佐藤裕治】

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