Inagaki [village] - Inagaki

Japanese: 稲垣[村] - いながき

A village in Nishitsugaru County, western Aomori Prefecture. Population: 5,412 (1995). Located in the northern part of the Tsugaru Plain, on the west bank of the Iwaki River, nearly 75% of the land is cultivated. Before the early modern period, most of the area was low-lying marshland covered with reeds, but in 1681 (Tenwa 1), a development project directly managed by the Tsugaru Domain was carried out, and by around 1698 (Genroku 11), almost the entire village area had been developed. However, the village continued to suffer frequent floods and cold damage after that, and was abandoned and rebuilt several times. Large-scale river improvement work was carried out on the Iwaki River in 1918 and the Yamada River in 1927, and the national Nishitsugaru District Irrigation and Drainage Project was carried out from 1934 to 1968, making the village one of the leading rice-producing areas in the prefecture.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

青森県西部，西津軽郡の村。人口5412(1995)。津軽平野北部，岩木川西岸に位置し，耕地が75％近くを占める。近世以前はほとんどがアシの茂る低湿地であったが，1681年(天和1)に津軽藩直営の開拓事業が行われ，98年(元禄11)ころにはほぼ全村域が開拓された。しかし，その後も洪水や冷害にしばしば見舞われ，幾度か廃村，開村を繰り返した。1918年に岩木川，27年に山田川の大規模な河川改修工事が行われ，34年から68年にかけて国営西津軽地区灌漑排水事業が行われ，県下有数の米どころとなった。

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