Hanazono [Village] - Hanazono

Japanese: 花園[村] - はなぞの

A village in Ito District, northeastern Wakayama Prefecture. Population 659 (1995). Located at the upper reaches of the Arida River, on the southern foot of Mount Koya, and bordering Nara Prefecture to the east. The area receives a lot of rain and produces high-quality cedar and cypress. In a major flood in 1953, 111 lives and one-third of the homes were lost, and the village was in danger of being abandoned, but it was later rebuilt. The eastern part of the village belongs to Koya-Ryujin Quasi-National Park, and the Koya-Ryujin Skyline runs through it. The Otamai rice-planting ritual that is handed down here has been designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. [Ueda Masako]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

和歌山県北東部，伊都郡の村。人口659(1995)。有田川最上流部，高野山南麓に位置し，東は奈良県に接する。多雨地帯のため良質の杉，ヒノキを産する。1953年の大水害では111人の人命と1/3の民家を失い，廃村の危機に直面したが，その後復興。東部は高野竜神国定公園に属し，高野竜神スカイラインが通る。当地に伝わる御田植神事の御田舞は重要無形民俗文化財に指定されている。【上田雅子】

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