Akagi [Village] - Akagi

Japanese: 赤城[村] - あかぎ

A village in Seta County, central Gunma Prefecture. Population 13,021 (1995). Occupying the western foot of Mount Akagi, with the Tone River flowing south along its western border. The Joetsu Line passes through the village, and the railway line is on a river terrace, but in early modern times the Numata Highway ran through the foot of the mountain, with a post station at Mizoroki. Until now the gentle slopes at the foot of the mountain were fields and mulberry farms, but now the main agricultural industry is pig farming and other livestock farming, and konjac is also produced. At an altitude of around 400m in the south, there are springs called Wakutama, which are used as water sources for the water supply system and rice fields, and the Takizawa Stone Age Dwelling Site (history) is also located near one of the springs.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

群馬県中央部，勢多郡の村。人口1万3021(1995)。赤城山西麓を占め，西境を利根川が南流する。上越線が通じ，集落と鉄道は河岸段丘上にあるが，近世の沼田街道は山麓を走り，溝呂木に宿駅がおかれた。これまで山麓緩斜面は畑，桑園であったが，現在は養豚など畜産が農業の中心で，コンニャクの生産も行われる。南部の標高400m付近には湧玉（わくたま）と呼ばれる湧泉が分布し，上水道，水田の水源に利用され，滝沢石器時代住居遺跡(史)も湧泉の付近にある。

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