Nakadori - Nakadori

Japanese: 中通り - なかどおり
Nakadori - Nakadori

One of the regional divisions of Fukushima Prefecture. The prefecture is divided into three parts, east and west, with Hamadori to the east of the Abukuma Plateau and Aizu to the west of the Central Backbone Mountains, and the area in between is Nakadori. Looking at it broadly, it is the basin of the Abukuma River flowing north and the Kuji River flowing south, and is a vertical valley of about 100 kilometers. However, the actual regional division has been slightly revised to match the administrative divisions, and consists of eight cities (Fukushima, Nihonmatsu, Motomiya, Koriyama, Sukagawa, Shirakawa, Tamura, and Date) and seven counties (Date, Adachi, Iwase, Nishishirakawa, Higashishirakawa, Ishikawa, and Tamura). It has long been a major transportation route from the Kanto region to Tohoku, and even today the JR Tohoku Main Line, Tohoku Shinkansen, National Route 4, and Tohoku Expressway run almost parallel to it. The prefecture is also home to approximately 1.2 million people (2010), more than half of the prefecture's population. With an inland climate, agriculture has flourished in a variety of ways, and industrial production exceeds half of the prefecture's total production.

[Shiro Watanabe]

[Reference] | Aizu | Hamadori

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

福島県の地域区分の一つ。県を東西に三区分し、阿武隈(あぶくま)高地から東を浜通り(はまどおり)、中央脊梁(せきりょう)山脈から西を会津(あいづ)とし、この中間にある地域を中通りとする。大きくみると北流する阿武隈川と南流する久慈川(くじがわ)の流域で、約100キロメートルの縦谷である。ただし実際の地域区分は行政区画に整合するように若干修正され、福島、二本松(にほんまつ)、本宮(もとみや)、郡山(こおりやま)、須賀川(すかがわ)、白河(しらかわ)、田村、伊達(だて)の8市と伊達、安達(あだち)、岩瀬、西白河、東白川、石川、田村の7郡からなる。古くから関東から東北への主要な交通路で、現在もJR東北本線、東北新幹線、国道4号、東北自動車道がほぼ並行して走っている。また県人口の半分を超える約120万人(2010)が居住する。内陸的な気候環境で、農業は多彩な展開を示し、工業生産も県総生産額のなかばを上回る。

[渡辺四郎]

[参照項目] | 会津 | 浜通り

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