Nakazato [village] - Nakazato

Japanese: 中里[村] - なかさと

A village in Nakauonuma County in southern Niigata Prefecture. Population 6,602 (1995). Located in the southern Tokamachi Basin, settlements and farmland have developed on the river terraces of the Shinano River and its tributary, the Kiyotsu River. Kikyohara, on the lower terrace surface on the east bank of the Kiyotsu River, was developed as rice paddy by Murayama Gorobei, the village headman of the former Tazawa Village, during the Tenmei era (1781-89). The upper terrace surface had poor water availability and was only used as extensive alternative farmland until World War II, but a national pilot project was launched in 1966, and water from the Kiyotsu River was pumped up, turning 200 hectares into rice paddies.

Nakazato [village]

A village in Tano District, southwestern Gunma Prefecture. Population 1,058 (1995). It occupies the Kanto Mountains upstream of the Kanna River and borders Saitama Prefecture to the south. Most of the village area is forest, with almost no rice paddies. Konjac, shiitake mushrooms, and other crops are cultivated here. Sheep were also raised here until World War II. Since 1960, there has been a large outflow of population, and depopulation is severe. National Route 299 runs through the village. [Chiba Tatsuya]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

新潟県南部，中魚沼郡の村。人口6602(1995)。十日町盆地南部にあり，信濃川と支流清津川の河岸段丘上に集落と耕地が発達する。清津川東岸低位段丘面の桔梗（ききよう）原は，天明年間(1781‐89)に旧田沢村庄屋村山五郎兵衛によって開田された。上位段丘面は水利が悪く，第2次大戦前までは粗放的な切替畑に利用されていたにすぎなかったが，1966年から国営のパイロット事業がすすめられ，清津川の水を揚水し，200haが水田化された。

なかざと【中里[村]】

群馬県南西部，多野郡の村。人口1058(1995)。神流（かんな）川上流の関東山地を占め，南は埼玉県と接する。村域の大部分は山林で，水田はほとんどなく，コンニャク，シイタケなどの栽培が行われる。第2次大戦中までは羊の飼育も行われた。1960年以降，人口流出が激しく，過疎化が著しい。国道299号線が通じる。【千葉立也】

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