Nakajima [village] - Nakajima

Japanese: 中島[村] - なかじま

A village in Nishishirakawa District, southern Fukushima Prefecture. Population 5,128 (1995). Located in the southern Nakadori region, on the north bank of the upper reaches of the Abukuma River. The northeastern part is hilly with many forests and farmlands, while the southwestern and eastern parts are mostly flat and made up of rice paddies. Nametsu, in the center, was a key transportation hub connecting the Rikuu Kaido and Ibaraki Kaido roads. Until World War II, the area was one of the prefecture's leading horse-producing areas, but has since shifted to breeding Japanese beef cattle, pig farming, and chicken farming. In the mid-1960s, a field consolidation project was carried out, and the surplus labor force created by mechanization and labor-saving rice cultivation led to the thriving cultivation of vegetables such as cucumbers and tomatoes.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

福島県南部，西白河郡の村。人口5128(1995)。中通り地方南部，阿武隈川上流の北岸に位置する。北東部は丘陵で山林，畑地が多く，南西部から東部にかけてはおおむね平たんで，水田地帯となっている。中心の滑津（なめづ）は陸羽街道と茨城街道を結ぶ地方交通の要衝であった。第2次大戦中までは県下有数の馬産地であったが，その後，和牛の飼育，養豚，養鶏に転換している。1960年代中ごろに圃場整備事業が行われ，稲作の機械化･省力化による余剰労働力を利用してキュウリ，トマトなどの野菜栽培が盛んとなった。

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