Takagi [village] - Takagi

Japanese: 喬木[村] - たかぎ

A village in Shimoina County, southern Nagano Prefecture. Population 7,111 (1995). Located in the southern Ina Basin, on the east bank of the midstream Tenryu River, it borders Iida City to the southwest. The Kakasu River and Ogawa River originating from the Ina Mountains in the east flow west through the center and empty into the Tenryu River. Several river terraces have developed on the east bank of the Tenryu River, and have long been used for rice paddies, mulberry fields, and orchards, but in recent years, greenhouse cultivation of cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries, etc., as well as pig and cow farming have become popular. The Ajima area was once known as a producer of Japanese umbrellas. Upstream of the Ogawa River is the Yahazu Sabo Dam and Yahazu Park.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

長野県南部，下伊那郡の村。人口7111(1995)。伊那盆地南部，天竜川中流東岸に位置し，南西は飯田市に接する。東部の伊那山地より発する加々須川，小川川が中央部を西流して天竜川に注ぐ。天竜川東岸には数段の河岸段丘が発達し，古くから水田，桑園，果樹園に利用されてきたが，近年はキュウリ，トマト，イチゴなどのハウス栽培や養豚，牛の飼育が盛ん。阿島地区はかつて和傘の生産地として知られた。小川川上流には矢筈砂防ダムや矢筈公園がある。

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