Hachikai [village] - Hachikai

Japanese: 八開[村] - はちかい

A village in Ama County, on the western edge of Aichi Prefecture. Population 5,096 (1995). It is located in the western Nobi Plain, on the eastern bank of the downstream Kiso River. It is a ring-shaped settlement in the Kiso River delta, and within the village remain two-story mizuya-style houses built with stone walls. Blessed with fertile soil and irrigation, it has long been an agricultural region producing lotus roots and other crops, and in recent years greenhouse horticulture has become popular, with the cultivation of strawberries, tomatoes and flowers expanding. Sand dunes along the Kiso River can be seen near the Tokai Ohashi Bridge, which opened in 1969. [Hagiwara Tsuyoshi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

愛知県西端，海部（あま）郡の村。人口5096(1995)。濃尾平野西部，木曾川下流東岸に位置する。木曾川三角州地帯の輪中集落で，村内に石垣を築いて2階建てにした水屋式家屋が残る。肥沃な土壌と水利に恵まれ，古くかられんこんなどを生産する農業地帯で，近年は施設園芸が盛んとなり，イチゴ，トマトや花卉の栽培が伸びている。1969年開通した東海大橋付近には木曾川の河畔砂丘がみられる。【萩原毅】

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